CVE-2015-5279: qemu
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-5279 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4Timeline
- 28-09-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.05%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
64%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.05% 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.
Redhat19 products
- kmod-kvm< 0:83-274.el5_11
- kmod-kvm-debug< 0:83-274.el5_11
- kvm< 0:83-274.el5_11
- kvm-debuginfo< 0:83-274.el5_11
- kvm-qemu-img< 0:83-274.el5_11
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:2.4+dfsg-3
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 2.4.0
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19
4 vendors · 22 products
References
36 links
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
