CVE-2015-8817
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CVE-2015-8817 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | 1.6.0 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 1.6.1 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 1.6.2 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 1.7.1 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.0 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.2 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.0 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.1 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.2 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.3 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.2.0 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.2.1 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.3.0 |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.3.1 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10Mailing List, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771Issue Tracking
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10Mailing List, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771Issue Tracking
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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