CVE-2015-7504
High
CVE-2015-7504
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.
Exploit probability
0.6%
Published
October 16, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-7504
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78227
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034268
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-162.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-11/msg06342.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03