CVE-2015-5239

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5239
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-23 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-05 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.1.0 allows attachers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a CLIENT_CUT_TEXT message, which triggers an infinite loop.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Arista Eos 4.12 All All All
Operating System Arista Eos 4.13 All All All
Operating System Arista Eos 4.14 All All All
Operating System Arista Eos 4.15 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1894-1: important: Security update for MISC lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ui/vnc: limit client_cut_text msg payload size · qemu/qemu@f9a70e7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1: important: Security update for MISC lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: xen-4.4.3-4.fc21 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Arista - Security Advisory 0014 MISC www.arista.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: xen-4.5.1-9.fc22 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1853-1: important: Security update for MISC lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: xen-4.5.1-9.fc23 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2745-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu MISC www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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