CVE-2015-3215

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3215
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-26 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe NetKVM Windows Virtio driver allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via a crafted length value in an IP packet, as demonstrated by a value that does not account for the size of the IP options.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Virtio-win - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NetKVM: BZ#1169718: Checking the length only on read · YanVugenfirer/kvm-guest-drivers-windows@723416f · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-3215 - Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
NetKVM: BZ#1169718: More rigoruous testing of incoming packet · YanVugenfirer/kvm-guest-drivers-windows@fbfa4d1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-3215 MITRE access.redhat.com
1227634 – (CVE-2015-3215) CVE-2015-3215 virtio-win: netkvm: malformed packet can cause BSOD MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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