DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5239

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 2
Upstream
CVE-2015-5239
Downstream
DLA-573-1DLA-574-1
Published: 23 Jan 2020, 20:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jan 2020, 20:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:14
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

Affected Systems

  • debian•qemu

    < 2.1+dfsg-1 | < 2.1+dfsg-1 | < 2.1+dfsg-1 | < 2.1+dfsg-1

References (1)