CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5239

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Jan 23, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

Integer overflow in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.1.0 allows attachers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a CLIENT_CUT_TEXT message, which triggers an infinite loop.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.1.0 (excluding)
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise *

References