CVE-2015-1779
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1779
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-1779.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-1779
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-01-12T19:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.
- References
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154656.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1931.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1943.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/09/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73303
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033975
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04894.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04895.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04896.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html