CVE-2015-8744
Detail
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Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support is vulnerable to crash issue. It occurs when a guest sends a Layer-2 packet smaller than 22 bytes. A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
Metrics
CVSS Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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URL
Source(s)
Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/3
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Mailing List
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/6
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Mailing List
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Issue Tracking
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Third Party Advisory
Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
NIST
Change History
9 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 9:39:05 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Added
Reference
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/3
Added
Reference
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/6
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821
Added
Reference
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 11:44:42 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 7:55:18 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b [Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
Modified Analysis by NIST 11/10/2020 12:54:38 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Removed
CVSS V3
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Changed
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4.1
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b Issue Tracking, Patch
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 No Types Assigned
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821 No Types Assigned
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576 No Types Assigned
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 No Types Assigned
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 Third Party Advisory
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/03/2017 9:29:13 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/09/2017 9:29:05 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/30/2017 9:29:27 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/30/2016 9:59:34 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821 [No Types Assigned]
Initial Analysis by NIST 12/30/2016 3:54:34 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
CVSS V3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added
CWE
CWE-20
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b No Types Assigned
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/3 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/6 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/6 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871 Issue Tracking
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2015-8744 NVD
Published Date: 12/29/2016 NVD
Last Modified: 04/12/2025
Source: Red Hat, Inc.