CVE-2015-8818

NameCVE-2015-8818
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23fixed
stretch (security)1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12fixed
bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie1:9.1.1+ds-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcesqueeze(not affected)
qemusourcewheezy(not affected)
qemusourcejessie(not affected)
qemusource(unstable)1:2.4+dfsg-1a
qemu-kvmsource(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

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