CVE-2015-8568 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5