What is CVE-2015-8619?

CVE-2015-8619 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8619?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Qemu

CVE-2015-8619

The Human Monitor Interface support in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.039 (89.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Qemu
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/79668 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02930.html (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8619?: CVE-2015-8619 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8619?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.