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CVE-2015-5154
Published:August 12, 2015
Updated:May 17, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.
Related Resources (24)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00017.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1507.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5154
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-138.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76048
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00020.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033074
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163472.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163658.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5154
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00041.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1512.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163681.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00042.html
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201593
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5154
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1508.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00022.html
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-119
EPSS
Base Score:
0.39