CVE-2015-5279

Published: Sep 28, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

7.2

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Heap-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.

Affected (1)

Products: Qemu: Qemu

Qemu

1 product

Qemu

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Qemu Qemu	Up to 2.4.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (36)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7aa2bcad0ca837dd6d4bf4fa38a80314b4a6b755

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1896.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1923.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1924.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1925.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76746

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033569

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03984.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7aa2bcad0ca837dd6d4bf4fa38a80314b4a6b755