CVE-2015-5239

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 15
Modified
Published: 23 Jan 2020, 19:52
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:41

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
8.41% LOW
8% probability +3.35%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jan 2020, 19:52
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.1.0 allows attachers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a CLIENT_CUT_TEXT message, which triggers an infinite loop.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 8.41%• Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • arista•eos

    4.12 | 4.13 | 4.14 | 4.15

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    21 | 22 | 23

  • qemu•qemu

    < 2.1.0

  • suse•linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    11:sp3 | 11:sp4

  • suse•linux_enterprise_desktop

    11:sp3 | 11:sp4 | 12

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp3 | 11:sp4 | 12

  • suse•linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

    11:sp3 | 11:sp4 | 12

References (10)