CVE-2015-7512
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-11-30 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c inQEMU, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet.
See more information about CVE-2015-7512 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: | 7.6 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| 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 |
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