CVE-2015-8818 Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-1a
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (26th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-428315
- published 29 Dec 2016
- disclosed 29 Dec 2016
Introduced: 29 Dec 2016
CVE-2015-8818 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:2.4+dfsg-1a or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu
package and not the qemu
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly skip MMIO regions, which allows local privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8818
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=b242e0e0e2969c044a318e56f7988bbd84de1f63
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b242e0e0e2969c044a318e56f7988bbd84de1f63
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2670
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2671
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2704
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2705
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2706
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8818