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CVE-2015-8568
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of…
Medium6.5EPSS 0.46%
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- redhat
Description
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% 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: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 79721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151215 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: vmxnet3: host memory leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20151215 Re: [Qemu-devel] net: vmxnet3: memory leakage issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3471 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201602-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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