CVE-2015-3209

high

Published 2015-06-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PCNET controller in QEMU allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a packet with TXSTATUS_STARTPACKET set and then a crafted packet with TXSTATUS_DEVICEOWNS set.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	14.10	affected
ubuntu	15.04	affected
debian	7.0	affected
debian	8.0	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	6.6	affected
rhel	5.0	affected
fedora	20	affected
fedora	21	affected
fedora	22	affected
suse	11	affected
suse	12	affected
suse	10	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:2.3+dfsg-6`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:2.3+dfsg-6`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:2.3+dfsg-6`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:2.3+dfsg-6`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:2.3+dfsg-6`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
qemu	qemu	`{"endIncluding":"2.3.1"}`
juniper	junos_space	`{"endIncluding":"15.1"}`
redhat	openstack	`5.0`
redhat	virtualization	`3.0`
suse	linux_enterprise_debuginfo	`11`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.