Is CVE-2015-6815 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-6815 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-6815?

CVE-2015-6815 has a CVSS score of 3.5 (LOW severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

How do I patch CVE-2015-6815?

Patch guidance is available from qemu security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2015-6815.

CVE-2015-6815 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2015-6815?

30 products: qemu qemu, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, novell suse linux enterprise software development kit, and 25 more.

Description

The process_tx_desc function in hw/net/e1000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 does not properly process transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector: adjacent network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: low
Weaknesses: CWE-835

Metadata

Primary Vendor: QEMU
Published: 1/31/2020
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

qemu : qemufedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoranovell : suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfonovell : suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfonovell : suse_linux_enterprise_desktopnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_desktopnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_desktopnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_servernovell : suse_linux_enterprise_servernovell : suse_linux_enterprise_servercanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxredhat : openstackredhat : openstackredhat : openstackredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxxen : xenxen : xenarista : eosarista : eosarista : eosarista : eos

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD