CVE-2015-5278

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-835

Description

The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

Affected products

Arista Networks EOS: 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
Fedoraproject Fedora: 21, 22, 23
QEMU: before 2.4.0.1 — fixed in 2.4.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: QEMU 2.4.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2

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