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CVE-2015-8567

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8567 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the net/vmxnet3.c component of QEMU, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and SUSE. Rated as HIGH severity with a CVSS score of 7.7, this flaw allows remote, low-privileged attackers to cause a denial of service through memory consumption. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0556 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8567Low

Qemu: net: vmxnet3: host memory leakage

Dec 2, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176503.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176558.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175967.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176300.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00087.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00049.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00058.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201602-01
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3471
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/79721
Mailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2891-1
Third Party Advisory