CVE-2015-8701 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2015-8701 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 29/12/2016 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2015
Source: redhat | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

CVE-2015-8701 Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Rocker switch emulation support is vulnerable to an off-by-one error. It happens while processing transmit (tx) descriptors in \'tx_consume\' routine, if a descriptor was to have more than allowed (ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16) fragments. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS issue.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).