CVE-2015-8619
high
CVSS v3
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
The Human Monitor Interface support in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash).
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.5.1.1"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79668
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02930.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8619
CWEs
CWE-787
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.