FKIE_CVE-2015-8743

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-12-29 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Summary
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the NE2000 device emulation support is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while performing 'ioport' r/w operations. A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) user/process could use this flaw to leak or corrupt QEMU memory bytes.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79820Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034574Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264929Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00050.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79820Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034574Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264929Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00050.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
qemu qemu *
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0

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