CVE-2015-1779 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VNC websocket frame decoder within QEMU, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, Oracle, and Red Hat. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust memory and CPU resources by sending large websocket payloads or HTTP headers. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.3.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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