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Medium
CVE-2015-8568
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3...
Vulnerability Description
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 11th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.