CVE-2015-8556
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
- Record
CVE-2015-8556- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
- Record
CVE-2015-8556- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8436 No score
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
- Record
EUVD-2015-8436- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ggvf-46pm-9ccw
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
- Record
GHSA-ggvf-46pm-9ccw- CVSS 3.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | QEMU (Gentoo) - Local Privilege Escalation | 2015-12-17 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-8556 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Qemu, published March 24, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.4%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.