CVE-2015-8701 describes an off-by-one error in QEMU's Rocker switch emulation support, specifically within the 'tx_consume' routine when processing transmit descriptors with an excessive number of fragments. This flaw, affecting QEMU, allows a privileged guest user to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges to exploit, impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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