Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a…

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• DSA-3361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-16369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-16370 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150915 CVE-2015-5279 Qemu: net: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [Qemu-devel] 20150915 [PULL 2/3] net: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1896 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:1782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7aa2bcad0ca837dd6d4bf4fa38a80314b4a6b755 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-16368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1924 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 76746 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-3362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1033569 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1923 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1925 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-201602-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 06:41 UTC.