| Name | CVE-2015-8666 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU, when built with the Q35-chipset-based PC system emulator. |
| 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-1497-1 |
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 | 1:9.2.0+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 | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | | DLA-1497-1 | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.5+dfsg-1 | | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - qemu <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - qemu <end-of-life> (Unsupported in squeeze-lts)
[squeeze] - qemu-kvm <end-of-life> (Unsupported in squeeze-lts)
[wheezy] - qemu-kvm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Upstream commit: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=d9a3b33d2c9f996537b7f1d0246dee2d0120cefb (v2.5.0-rc1)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283722
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/1
Vulnerable code introduced after 0.14.50: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=23910d3f669d46073b403876e30a7314599633af