CVE-2015-5279: Qemu

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.

Affected products

• Qemu Qemu: up to and including 2.4.0

Published 2015-09-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.