CVE-2015-8568
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Qemu
PublishedApr 11, 2017
First seenApr 11, 2017
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| qemu qemu | v ≤ 2.5.1 | — |
| debian debian_linux | 8.0 | — |
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