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CVE-2015-8817

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.40%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-12-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-8817
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.40%

Original NVD Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.