CVE-2015-8745

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: December 29, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support is vulnerable to crash issue. It could occur while reading Interrupt Mask Registers (IMR). A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/4
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/7
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79822
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034575
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270876
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79822
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034575
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270876
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
21th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

debian qemu