VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8568

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references