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CVE-2015-8556

CRITICAL · CVSS 10 EPSS 13.37% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 13.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2015-8556
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
10
EPSS
13.37%

Original NVD Description

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.

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