CVE-2015-4037: qemu DEPRECATED: Code
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-4037 is a low (CVSS 1.9) DEPRECATED: Code vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 1.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 7Timeline
- 26-08-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c in QEMU 2.3.0 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (instantiation failure) by creating /tmp/qemu-smb.*-* files before the program.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.38%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
32%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.37% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:2.3+dfsg-5
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 2.3.0
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13
3 vendors · 3 products
References
18 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160414.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160058.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
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- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222892X Refsource CONFIRM