{"cve":"CVE-2015-8568","nvd":{"published":"2017-04-11T19:59:00.467","modified":"2026-06-17T00:34:47.680","status":"Modified","description":"Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-772"],"references":["http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816","https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","qemu:qemu"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:09.859288039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-8568","score":0.00459,"percentile":0.39788,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}