CVE-2015-8568

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-04-11 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-15

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bcaca39ab7c68a38de5ac73aae544445a81a926e51bdb8c94d729f7557f7af6b

• www.securityfocus.com79721http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151215 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: vmxnet3: host memory leakagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20151215 Re: [Qemu-devel] net: vmxnet3: memory leakage issuehttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3471http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201602-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO