Input validation error in QEMU - CVE-2015-8504

 

Input validation error in QEMU - CVE-2015-8504

Published: April 11, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39210
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8504
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arithmetic exception and application crash) via crafted SetPixelFormat messages from a client.


Affected software

QEMU
Fedora
qemu

How to mitigate CVE-2015-8504

Install update from vendor's website.

qemu - addressed in versions 2.3.1-9.fc22, 2.4.1-3.fc23

External References

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