CVE-2015-5278

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-23

The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

Do I need to act?

~
1.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Eos
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Affected Vendors

Canonical Fedoraproject Qemu Arista

References (16)

Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.ht...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-se...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.ht...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-se...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate