CVE-2015-5239: arista eos Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-5239 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition vulnerability in arista eos. EPSS estimates a 3.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 10Timeline
- 23-01-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability 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
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
89%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.61% 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: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse4 products
- linux_enterprise_debuginfo11:sp3 | 11:sp4
- linux_enterprise_desktop11:sp3 | 11:sp4 | 12
- linux_enterprise_server11:sp3 | 11:sp4 | 12
- linux_enterprise_software_development_kit11:sp3 | 11:sp4 | 12
Arista1 product
- eos4.12 | 4.13 | 4.14 | 4.15
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04
Debian1 product
- qemu< 2.1+dfsg-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL21 | 22 | 23
Qemu1 product
- qemu< 2.1.0
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19
7 vendors · 10 products
References
15 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00026.htmlX Refsource MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlX Refsource MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlX Refsource MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlX Refsource MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00005.htmlX Refsource MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00011.htmlX Refsource MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/02/7X Refsource MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/f9a70e79391f6d7c2a912d785239ee8effc1922dX Refsource CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14X Refsource MISCThird Party Advisory
