UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8817

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8817
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8817.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8817
Upstream
Published
2016-12-29T22:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:31Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'addressspacetranslate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pcidmaread/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu5
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu7
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu8
1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu9
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa1
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu7

2.*

2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.5
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.6
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.8
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.9
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.10
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.11
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.14
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.15
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.16
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.18
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.20
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.25
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.27
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.28
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.29
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.31
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.36
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.38
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.39
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.40
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.41
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.42
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.43
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.44
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.45
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm1
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm2
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
        {
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-keymaps",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-kvm",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-ppc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-x86",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-static",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4"
        }
    ]
}