CVE-2015-5278
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CVE-2015-5278 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.. EPSS estimates a 2.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | < 2.4.0.1 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 21 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 22 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 23 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.04 |
| Arista | Eos | 4.12 |
| Arista | Eos | 4.13 |
| Arista | Eos | 4.14 |
| Arista | Eos | 4.15 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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