CVE-2015-7504

high
Published 2017-10-16 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.6
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU allows guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of packets in loopback mode.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7504

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-11/msg06342.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-162.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/30/2

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:2.5+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:2.5+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:2.5+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1:2.5+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:2.5+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
qemuqemu{"endIncluding":"2.4.1"}
qemuqemu2.5.0

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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