CVE-2015-7512

CriticalCVSS 9.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 8, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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