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CRITICAL
CVE-2015-7512
QEMU PCnet Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 8, 2016, 9:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 12:54 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-7512 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-7512 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat openstack
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_eus
6 Redhat virtualization
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Qemu qemu
1 Oracle linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-7512.

URL Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b98a2f07175d46c3f7217639bd5e03f
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/30/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78230 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034527 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-7512 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-7512 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way QEMU's AMD PC-Net II emulation validated certain received packets from a remote host in non-loopback mode. A remote, unprivileged attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process. Note that to exploit this flaw, the guest network interface must have a large MTU limit. 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.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2694 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2695 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2696 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285061 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way QEMU's AMD PC-Net II emulation validated certain received packets from a remote host in non-loopback mode. A remote, unprivileged attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process. Note that to exploit this flaw, the guest network interface must have a large MTU limit.
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=8b98a2f07175d46c3f7217639bd5e03f [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285061 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2696 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2695 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b98a2f07175d46c3f7217639bd5e03f [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2694 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=8b98a2f07175d46c3f7217639bd5e03f No Types Assigned http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=8b98a2f07175d46c3f7217639bd5e03f Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/30/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/30/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78230 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78230 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034527 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034527 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4.1 *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.5.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2696.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2695.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2694.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7512 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7512 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.60 }} 1.38%

score

0.92737

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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