CVE-2015-8817

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

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00060.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
25th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

qemu