Is CVE-2015-8701 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-8701 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-8701?

CVE-2015-8701 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-8701?

CVE-2015-8701 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8701?

Upgrade qemu on debian 11 to 1:2.5+dfsg-3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-8701

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Rocker switch emulation support is vulnerable to an off-by-one error. It happens while processing transmit (tx) descriptors in 'tx_consume' routine, if a descriptor was to have more than allowed (ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16) fragments. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS issue.

CWE-193

How to fix

Remediation Available

qemuDebian

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-3CVE-2015-8701

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

lists.gnu.org

Third-Party Advisory4

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.redhat.com

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CVE-2021-23017	High	7.7	53%	-	Fix
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CVE-2018-8828	Critical	9.8	31%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.