CVE-2015-8744 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU when configured with VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulation, affecting Debian and QEMU products. A privileged guest user can crash the QEMU process by sending a Layer-2 packet smaller than 22 bytes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:N/I:N/A:H
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