CVE-2015-5278

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
QEMU	QEMU	before 2.4.0.1

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 23, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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