CVE-2015-7504

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7504
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-16 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:53:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-787

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
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 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
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2015-7504 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3471-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
XSA-162 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3469-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1261461 – CVE-2015-7504 Qemu: net: pcnet: heap overflow vulnerability in pcnet_receive MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3470-1 qemu-kvm DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2015-7504 Qemu: net: pcnet: heap overflow vulnerability in loopback mode MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
QEMU 'hw/net/pcnet.c' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Patch, 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 SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH for 2.5 1/2] net: pcnet: add check to validate recei MLIST lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201602-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
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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