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CVE-2015-8567
Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
High7.7EPSS 5.6%
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Description
Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- SUSE-SU-2016:1560 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 79721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2891-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-275e9ff483 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-42778e8c82 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151215 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: vmxnet3: host memory leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20151215 Re: [Qemu-devel] net: vmxnet3: memory leakage issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-2c15b72b01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-3471 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1318 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0873 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-e1784417af (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201602-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1750 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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