CVE-2015-5154

Description

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.39%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76048 vdb entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-138.html patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033074 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1508.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1507.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163681.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1512.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00022.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00041.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00020.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163658.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00018.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00042.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00017.html vendor advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201593 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163472.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5154?
CVE-2015-5154 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5154?
To fix CVE-2015-5154, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5154 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-5154 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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