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CVE-2015-8504

Divide By Zero

Published: Apr 11, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
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
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8504
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html

Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arithmetic exception and application crash) via crafted SetPixelFormat messages from a client.

Weakness

The product divides a value by zero.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.4.1 (including)
Qemu Qemu 2.5.0-rc0 (including) 2.5.0-rc0 (including)
Qemu Qemu 2.5.0-rc1 (including) 2.5.0-rc1 (including)
Qemu Qemu 2.5.0-rc2 (including) 2.5.0-rc2 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *
Qemu Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Qemu Ubuntu upstream *
Qemu Ubuntu vivid *
Qemu Ubuntu wily *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu upstream *

References

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