| Name | CVE-2015-5239 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-573-1, DLA-574-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 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+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.1.1+ds-5 | 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 | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu | source | wheezy | 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u14 | | DLA-573-1 | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 2.1+dfsg-1 | | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u14 | | DLA-574-1 | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - qemu <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
[squeeze] - qemu-kvm <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
Upstream fix: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f9a70e79391f6d7c2a912d785239ee8effc1922d (v2.1.0-rc0)