CVE-2015-5279 Memory corruption in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5279 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-5279 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 28 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Qemu Qemu. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5279/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5279/index.md)
Guest OS users can trigger a heap buffer overflow in QEMU's NE2000 driver to crash the instance or execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-5279?
CVE-2015-5279 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 28 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5279?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
xen Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.0.3-147.el5_11 |
xen-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.0.3-147.el5_11 |
xen-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.0.3-147.el5_11 |
xen Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.0.3-147.el5_11 |
xen-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.0.3-147.el5_11 |
xen-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.0.3-147.el5_11 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-img-rhev Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-rhev-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-img-rhev Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
qemu-kvm-rhev-tools Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.2 |
kmod-kvm Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client | All versions | 0:83-274.el5_11 |
kmod-kvm-debug Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client | All versions | 0:83-274.el5_11 |
kvm Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client | All versions | 0:83-274.el5_11 |
kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client | All versions | 0:83-274.el5_11 |
kvm-qemu-img Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client | All versions | 0:83-274.el5_11 |
kvm-tools Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client | All versions | 0:83-274.el5_11 |
Products include Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5279?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-5279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5279, GHSA-cppw-7q6r-phh2, RHSA-2015:1896, RHSA-2015:1923, RHSA-2015:1924, RHSA-2015:1925 and 2 more.