Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2015-8568
CVE-2015-8568
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01nvdThird Party Advisory
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