CVE-2015-5156 describes a buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerability in the virtnet_probe function of the Linux kernel's virtio_net.c driver, affecting Linux kernel versions prior to 4.2. This flaw allows a guest operating system user to trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted sequence of fragmented packets. With a CVSS score of 6.1, it is considered a medium severity vulnerability, requiring adjacent network access (AV:A) with low attack complexity (AC:L) to achieve a complete availability impact (A:C). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion beyond a single Reddit mention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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