CVE-2015-1779

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-03-23

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.7	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	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

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