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TI-2015-07260 Aliases CVE-2015-8818GHSA-v5jw-2c5m-f8hv

The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick…

Priority LOW 25Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00407 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.3.1VulnerableQEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.3.1 Vulnerable ·QEMU

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:2705 Released 2016-11-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2016:2706 Released 2016-11-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2016:2704 Released 2016-11-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7 +1
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2016:2670 Released 2016-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2016:2671 Released 2016-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7, qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.6.0-27.el7 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:2706
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:2705
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:2704
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed RHSA-2016:2670
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0Fixed RHSA-2016:2671
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8818
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v5jw-2c5m-f8hv

References

Advisory 7

Other 2

  • TI-2024-16148 QEMU before 8.2.0 has an integer underflow, and resultant buffer overflow, via a TI… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-02736 Uncontrolled resource consumption in QEMU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-02681 Qemu: 9pfs: improper access control on special files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2019-09678 The QMP migrate command in QEMU version 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-03326 Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum() CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-22631 QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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Sources

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