CVE-2015-8568

Description

Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 19%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-772•Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

  The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

Affected Systems

• debian•debian_linux

  8.0

• qemu•qemu

  ≤ 2.5.1

References (6)

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01