CVE-2015-5279

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5279
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-28 16:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/3] net: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
QEMU NE2000 NIC Emulation Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3362-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Arista - Security Advisory 0014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.arista.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1782-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
QEMU Buffer Overflow in ne2000_receive() Lets Local Guest Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code on the Host System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: qemu-2.3.1-5.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: qemu-2.4.0-4.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - CVE-2015-5279 Qemu: net: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3361-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: qemu-2.1.3-11.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201602-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit MITRE git.qemu.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-5279 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1256672 – CVE-2015-5279 qemu: Heap overflow vulnerability in ne2000_receive() function MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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