CVE-2015-8568

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.5.1 - Denial of Service via VMXNET3 NIC Emulator Memory Leak

Title source: llm

Description

Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-772

Status published

Products (2)

debian/debian_linux 8.0

qemu/qemu < 2.5.1

Published Apr 11, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026