CVE-2015-8504
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
6.5
Description
Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arithmetic exception and application crash) via crafted SetPixelFormat messages from a client.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8504
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289541
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-1 |
References
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4c65fed8bdf96780735dbdb92a8
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78708
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289541
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8504
CWEs
CWE-369
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.