CVE-2015-8556

critical

Description

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

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8436

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-24

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.21208