CVE-2015-8666 — Out-of-bounds Write in Qemu

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.9HIGHNVD
OSV6.0
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU, when built with the Q35-chipset-based PC system emulator.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 5.8

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 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q6xv-hggq-8w4h: Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU, when built with the Q35-chipset-based PC system emulator↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2015-8666: Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU, when built with the Q35-chipset-based PC system emulator↗2017-04-11
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-02-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-02-03
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Red Hat
Qemu: acpi: heap based buffer overrun during VM migration↗2015-12-24
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Debian
CVE-2015-8666: qemu - Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU, when built with the Q35-chipset-based PC sys...↗2015
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8666 xen: qemu: Heap-based buffer overrun during VM migration [fedora-all]↗2015-12-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8666 qemu: Heap-based buffer overrun during VM migration [fedora-all]↗2015-12-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8666 Qemu: acpi: heap based buffer overrun during VM migration↗2015-11-19
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