CVE-2015-5278

Publication date 15 September 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	15.04 vivid	Fixed 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
qemu-kvm	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.25

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=737d2b3c41d59eb8f94ab7eb419b957938f24943

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2745-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
24 September 2015