CVE-2015-8743
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the NE2000 device emulation support is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while performing 'ioport' r/w operations. A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO)
02 Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the NE2000 device emulation support is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while performing 'ioport' r/w operations. A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (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:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-12-29 22:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b3cb294e3fcab58f265a56786590380bd2450ab414fadd6c89675deefe86ed2a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160104 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: ne2000: OOB r/w in ioport operationshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264929
- www.securitytracker.com1034574http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034574
- www.securityfocus.com79820http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79820
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160104 CVE request Qemu: net: ne2000: OOB r/w in ioport operationshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3469http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
- www.debian.orgDSA-3470http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160104 Re: [PATCH v3] net: ne2000: fix bounds check in ioport operationshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00050.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3471http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201602-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.