CVE-2015-8568

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.7 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-11 19:59

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:11

NVD link : CVE-2015-8568

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8568

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8568

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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