CVE-2015-8556

CRITICAL

Gentoo QEMU <2.5.0-r1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by zx2c4 · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010

References (3)

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0
EPSS 0.2121
EPSS Percentile 95.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
qemu/qemu < 2.4.1
Published Mar 24, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026