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CVE-2015-7512 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU, 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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b98a2f07175d46c3f7217639bd5e03f CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7512
NVD Published Date:
Jan 8, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-7512 Details - Not Deferred