UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1779

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-1779
Downstream
USN-2608-1
Published: 25 Mar 2015, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 04:09

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100
CVSS Score
8.6 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Mar 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 04:09
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•qemu

    < 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.11

References (4)