Vulnerability in Arista Eos
CVE-2015-5239
Integer overflow in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.1.0 allows attachers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a CLIENT_CUT_TEXT message, which triggers an infinite loop.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Arista Eos — versions 4.12, 4.13, 4.14
- Qemu — versions before 2.1.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 21, 22, 23
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11, 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11, 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11, 12
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00026.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00005.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00011.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/02/7 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/f9a70e79391f6d7c2a912d785239ee8effc1922d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-… (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5239?
- CVE-2015-5239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arista Eos, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5239?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-5239 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.