{"id":"CVE-2015-8568","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:19:16.304100606Z","published":"2017-04-11T19:59:00Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:0873-1","SUSE-SU-2016:0955-1","SUSE-SU-2016:1318-1","SUSE-SU-2016:1560-1","SUSE-SU-2016:1703-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}