CVE-2015-8744

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 21%
VendorProductVersion
qemuqemu
𝑥
≤ 2.4.1
debiandebian_linux
8.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
qemu
bullseye
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3
fixed
wheezy
not-affected
squeeze
not-affected
bullseye (security)
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2
fixed
bookworm
1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7
fixed
sid
1:9.1.1+ds-2
fixed
trixie
1:9.1.1+ds-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
qemu
wily
Fixed 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2
released
vivid
ignored
trusty
Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
released
precise
dne
qemu-kvm
wily
dne
vivid
dne
trusty
dne
precise
not-affected
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01