What is CVE-2015-8567?

CVE-2015-8567 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8567?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-8567 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Qemu

CVE-2015-8567

Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Qemu
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23
Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
Opensuse — versions 13.2
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-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8567?: CVE-2015-8567 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8567?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8567 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.