CVE-2015-1779
High
CVE-2015-1779
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.
Exploit probability
7.4%
Published
January 12, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-1779
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154656.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155196.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1931.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1943.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/09/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73303
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033975
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04894.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04895.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04896.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01