CVE-2015-5278 Denial of service in QEMU

Medium 6.5 Published 23 Jan 2020 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code in QEMU via crafted network packets.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2015-5278?

CVE-2015-5278 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5278?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Arista Eos, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5278?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-5278 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5278, GHSA-7423-57pf-4w2q, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5278.