CVE-2015-1779

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 12, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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