High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-7504
CVE-2015-7504
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU allows guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of packets in loopback mode.
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Affected products
27- osv-coords19 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.7.0_12-1.3+ 18 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.0_12-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_18-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-22.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.1.6_08-23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_18-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_18-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-22.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_18-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-22.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_18-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_06-22.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/30/2nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-162.htmlnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-11/msg06342.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/78227nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034268nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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