Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-8701
CVE-2015-8701
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Rocker switch emulation support is vulnerable to an off-by-one error. It happens while processing transmit (tx) descriptors in 'tx_consume' routine, if a descriptor was to have more than allowed (ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16) fragments. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS issue.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg04629.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/28/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/29/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/79706nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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