CVE-2015-8567

high

Description

Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176503.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176558.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175967.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176300.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00010.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00012.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00087.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00049.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00017.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00058.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00003.html

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

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

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

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2891-1

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-04-13

Updated: 2020-09-09

Type: CWE-401

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 8

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.7

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

Impact Score: 4

Exploitability Score: 3.1

Severity: HIGH