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    CVE-2015-8817

    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.

    Published:Jan 27, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 29, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00088
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Qemu
    Product
    Qemu
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23820dbfc79d1c9dce090b4c555994f2bb6a69b3
    http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3c1bb99d1c11978d9ce94d1bdcf0705378c1459
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00060.html
    http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23820dbfc79d1c9dce090b4c555994f2bb6a69b3
    http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3c1bb99d1c11978d9ce94d1bdcf0705378c1459
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00060.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High