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CVE-2015-8818
The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly skip MMIO regions, which…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly skip MMIO regions, which allows local privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- RHSA-2016:2671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2706 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160301 CVE request Qemu: OOB access in address_space_rw leads to segmentation fault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160301 Re: CVE request Qemu: OOB access in address_space_rw leads to segmentation fault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2670 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b242e0e0e2969c044a318e56f7988bbd84de1f63 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2704 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-8684 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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