CVE-2015-5278

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5278

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-3`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5278

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