ubuntu-cve-2015-8817
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-12-29 22:59
Modified
2026-06-09 19:01
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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          },
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          {
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          },
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
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          },
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        "name": "qemu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm6?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
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            }
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        }
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        "1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6",
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        "1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
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        "1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu5",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu7",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu8",
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        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa1",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2",
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        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3",
        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.5",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.6",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.8",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.9",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.10",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.11",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.14",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.15",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.16",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.18",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.20",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.25",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.27",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.28",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.29",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.31",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.36",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.38",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.39",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.40",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.41",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.42",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.43",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.44",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.45",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm1",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm2",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use \u0027address_space_translate\u0027 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 \u003e= 1.6.0 and \u003c= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8817",
  "modified": "2026-06-09T19:01:35Z",
  "published": "2016-12-29T22:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8817"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00060.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8817"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-8817"
  ]
}



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