CVE-2015-8504 — Divide By Zero in Qemu

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero10 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.0
EPSS
2.8%
top 13.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arithmetic exception and application crash) via crafted SetPixelFormat messages from a client.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.5+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.5+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.4.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g957-g6mh-xp98: Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arithmetic exception and application crash) vi↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2015-8504: Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arithmetic exception and application crash) vi↗2017-04-11
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-02-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-02-03
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Red Hat
Qemu: ui: vnc: avoid floating point exception↗2015-12-03
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Debian
CVE-2015-8504: qemu - Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cau...↗2015
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8504 Qemu: ui: vnc: avoid floating point exception↗2015-12-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8504 Qemu: ui: vnc: avoid floating point exception [fedora-all]↗2015-12-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8504 xen: Qemu: ui: vnc: avoid floating point exception [fedora-all]↗2015-12-08
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