UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7512

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7512

    Published: 30 Nov 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7512
    Aliases:
    USN-2828-1

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7512, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-11/msg06341.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2828-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7512

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    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