VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-1779

CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability6.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-01-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references