CVE-2015-6815
qemu: net: e1000: infinite loop issue
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · September 5, 2015
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the way a QEMU-emulated e1000 network interface card processed transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the guest.
Statement
This issue affects the versions of kvm and xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue affects the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
This issue affects the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 based versions of qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.
This issue affect the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 based versions of the qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.3AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')