CVE-2015-8568
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8568
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8568.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8568
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-04-11T19:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-04T10:27:39.595421Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816