CVE-2015-1779 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Qemu

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling10 documents8 sources
Severity
8.6HIGHNVD
EPSS
5.6%
top 9.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
QemuCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+8 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages6 packages

▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.3+dfsg-1+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.2.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Fedora 21, 22, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, Enterprise Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7

Patches

Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-cmjj-4jjr-c8vv: The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket pa↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2015-1779: The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket pa↗2016-01-12
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OSV
CVE-2015-1779: The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket pa↗2016-01-12
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2015-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2015-05-13
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Red Hat
qemu: vnc: insufficient resource limiting in VNC websockets decoder↗2015-03-23
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Debian
CVE-2015-1779: qemu - The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denia...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-1779 qemu: vnc: insufficient resource limiting in VNC websockets decoder [fedora-all]↗2015-03-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-1779 qemu: vnc: insufficient resource limiting in VNC websockets decoder↗2015-03-06
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