VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7504

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references