VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7512

CVSS score9 CRITICAL
EPSS probability7.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-01-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Primary references