Vulnerability in Qemu

CVE-2015-8556

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.134 (95.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Qemu
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8556?
CVE-2015-8556 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2017-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2015-8556?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.