CVE-2015-8666

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

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 36.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/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 08:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-24

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

441c19b7639af120d591559487def4e4dd91e0738d0406b5becc8cf4b9540e97

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151224 CVE request Qemu: acpi: heap based buffer overrun during VM migrationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283722x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.qemu-project.orghttp://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d9a3b33d2c9f996537b7f1d0246dee2d0120cefbx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com79670http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79670vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201602-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO