Resource management error in QEMU - CVE-2015-8345

 

Resource management error in QEMU - CVE-2015-8345

Published: April 13, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39187
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8345
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to a crash the entire system.

The eepro100 emulator in QEMU qemu-kvm blank allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (application crash and infinite loop) via vectors involving the command block list.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-8345

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources