Is CVE-2015-3209 being actively exploited?

CVE-2015-3209 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-3209?

CVE-2015-3209 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2015-3209

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 9.7%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PCNET controller in QEMU allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a packet with TXSTATUS_STARTPACKET set and then a crafted packet with TXSTATUS_DEVICEOWNS set.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 9.7% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2015-3272)
Published: June 15, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-3272 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

arista / eos
arista / eos
arista / eos
arista / eos
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
juniper / junos space
qemu / qemu
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / openstack
redhat / virtualization
suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

5 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Junos Space Network Management Platform, with or without Network Director and with or without Security Director in Virtual Appliance - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 3779 - historical
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160669.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160677.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160685.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00027.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00029.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00030.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00014.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00015.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1087.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1088.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1089.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1189.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3284(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3285(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3286(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75123(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032545(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2630-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-135.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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