CVE-2015-1779

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-03-23
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers tocause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.

See more information about CVE-2015-1779 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.7
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2015-1943	2015-10-27