| Name | CVE-2015-8818 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | buster | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:8.2.1+ds-2 | fixed |
| sid | 1:8.2.2+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a | | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Problematic memory clamping code got added later with upstream commit 965eb2f)
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Affects Qemu versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1)
[squeeze] - qemu <not-affected> (Affects Qemu versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Affects Qemu versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=b242e0e0e2969c044a318e56f7988bbd84de1f63 (v2.4.0-rc0)
same patchset than CVE-2015-8817
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00065.html