CVE-2015-8818 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU, where the cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function fails to correctly bypass MMIO regions. This flaw allows a local, privileged guest user to crash the guest system. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges to achieve a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3.1CPE 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:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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