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.

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.

EPSS: 0.036 (88.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.