QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-12-29T22:00:00

Updated: 2018-01-04T19:57:01

Reserved: 2016-03-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2015-8817

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-29T22:59:00.323

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:15:44.123


Link: CVE-2015-8817

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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