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CVE-2015-8817

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.

Published

2016-12-29T22:59:00.323

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-125
    CWE-787
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application qemu qemu 1.6.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 1.6.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 1.6.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 1.6.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 1.6.1 Yes
Application qemu qemu 1.6.2 Yes
Application qemu qemu 1.7.1 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.0.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.0.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.0.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.0.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.0.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.0.2 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.1 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.2 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.1.3 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.2.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.2.1 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.3.0 Yes
Application qemu qemu 2.3.1 Yes
References