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qemu: Heap overflow vulnerability in ne2000_receive() function

Published Sep 28, 2015

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

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Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of kvm and xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This issue affects the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 based versions of qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3. This issue does not affect the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. This issue does not affect the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 based versions of the qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 28, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jul 1, 2015
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Sep 15, 2015
ENISA EUVD
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 28, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2015-5258