VDB
CVE-2015-8568
CVE-2015-8568
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.06% · 19.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.06%
19.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | qemu | 0, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6 |
Timeline
- Dec 16, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8568 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/4 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2891-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8568 third-party-advisory