CVE-2015-7504

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-11-30
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function inhw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU allows guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of packets in loopback mode.

See more information about CVE-2015-7504 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:	6.5
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2015-2694	2015-12-22
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)	OVMSA-2016-0081	2016-06-20