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CVE-2015-8568
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-11T19:59:00.467 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:34:47.680

Summary

Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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