Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu-kvm package, versions <1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.27


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-QEMUKVM-343383
  • published29 Dec 2016
  • disclosed29 Dec 2016

Introduced: 29 Dec 2016

CVE-2015-8743  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 qemu-kvm to version 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.27 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm package and not the qemu-kvm package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the NE2000 device emulation support is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while performing 'ioport' r/w operations. A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) user/process could use this flaw to leak or corrupt QEMU memory bytes.

CVSS Scores

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