CVE-2015-8567
HIGH · CVSS 7.7EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD
Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.7 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-401
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-8445)
- Published
- April 13, 2017
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-8445 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- opensuse / leap
- opensuse / opensuse
- qemu / qemu
- suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- 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
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176503.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176558.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175967.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176300.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00087.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00049.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00017.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00058.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2891-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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