CVE-2015-8743 describes an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in QEMU's NE2000 device emulation, affecting Debian Linux and QEMU. A privileged user or process (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) can exploit this flaw to leak or corrupt QEMU memory bytes. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (High), the vulnerability has a local attack vector with low complexity, posing a significant risk to confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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