Name: CVE-2015-8567: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published: 2017-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8567, CWE-401, CVSS 7.7, EPSS 0.05557

Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	View advisory ↗	debian-upgrade-qemu	Feb 9, 2016	Feb 3, 2016
Freebsd	View advisory ↗	freebsd-upgrade-package-qemufreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-develfreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-sbrunofreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-user-static	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 3, 2016
Gentoo Linux	View advisory ↗	gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu	Oct 30, 2017	Apr 13, 2017
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2	View advisory ↗	huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-qemu-imghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-qemu-kvmhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common	Dec 4, 2019	Apr 13, 2017
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3	View advisory ↗	huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-qemu-imghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-qemu-kvmhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common	Apr 16, 2020	Apr 13, 2017
Suse	—	suse-upgrade-qemususe-upgrade-qemu-armsuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-alsasuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-osssuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-pasuse-upgrade-qemu-audio-spicesuse-upgrade-qemu-block-curlsuse-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsisuse-upgrade-qemu-block-rbdsuse-upgrade-qemu-block-sshsuse-upgrade-qemu-chardev-baumsuse-upgrade-qemu-chardev-spicesuse-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-qxlsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpususe-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pcisuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgasuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwsuse-upgrade-qemu-hw-usb-redirectsuse-upgrade-qemu-ipxesuse-upgrade-qemu-ksmsuse-upgrade-qemu-kvmsuse-upgrade-qemu-langsuse-upgrade-qemu-microvmsuse-upgrade-qemu-ppcsuse-upgrade-qemu-s390suse-upgrade-qemu-s390xsuse-upgrade-qemu-seabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-sgabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-skibootsuse-upgrade-qemu-toolssuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-cursessuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-gtksuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-openglsuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-spice-appsuse-upgrade-qemu-ui-spice-coresuse-upgrade-qemu-vgabiossuse-upgrade-qemu-x86suse-upgrade-xensuse-upgrade-xen-develsuse-upgrade-xen-doc-htmlsuse-upgrade-xen-kmp-defaultsuse-upgrade-xen-kmp-paesuse-upgrade-xen-libssuse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bitsuse-upgrade-xen-toolssuse-upgrade-xen-tools-domususe-upgrade-xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk	Feb 3, 2016	Feb 3, 2016
Ubuntu	View advisory ↗	ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvmubuntu-upgrade-qemu-systemubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-armubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mipsubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-miscubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86	Feb 3, 2016	Feb 3, 2016

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