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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8817

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8817 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11qemu0, 0, 0
Debian:14qemu0, 0, 0
Debian:13qemu0, 0, 0
Debian:12qemu0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 29, 2016 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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