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CVE-2015-5165

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl
9.3
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The C+ mode offload emulation in the RTL8139 network card device model in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, allows remote attackers to read process heap memory via unspecified vectors.

How to fix

Remediation Available
qemuDebian
Fixed in:1:2.4+dfsg-1aCVE-2015-5165
Fixed in:1:2.4+dfsg-1aCVE-2015-5165
Fixed in:1:2.4+dfsg-1aCVE-2015-5165
Fixed in:1:2.4+dfsg-1aCVE-2015-5165
qemuUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-systemUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-system-aarch64Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-system-armUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-system-mipsUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-system-miscUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-system-ppcUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-system-sparcUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1
qemu-system-x86Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17USN-2724-1

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

13.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

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