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CVE-2015-8818 Details

Description

The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly skip MMIO regions, which allows local privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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=b242e0e0e2969c044a318e56f7988bbd84de1f63 CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.html CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
<= 2.3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8818
NVD Published Date:
Dec 29, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-8818 Details - Not Deferred