CVE-2015-7504

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7504
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-16 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU allows guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of packets in loopback mode.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.5.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.5.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3469-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH for 2.5 1/2] net: pcnet: add check to validate recei af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2015-7504 Qemu: net: pcnet: heap overflow vulnerability in loopback mode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3470-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
XSA-162 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU 'hw/net/pcnet.c' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Xen Heap Overflow in PC-Net II Emulator Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3471-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201602-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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-2015-7504 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1261461 – CVE-2015-7504 Qemu: net: pcnet: heap overflow vulnerability in pcnet_receive MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900050 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
  • 902882 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qemu-kvm (3537)
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