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CVE-2015-7512

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet.

References

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

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034527

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78230

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/30/3

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

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-7433

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b98a2f07175d46c3f7217639bd5e03f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-01-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.14185