CVE-2015-3456

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3456
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-13 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier and KVM, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and guest crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) FD_CMD_READ_ID, (2) FD_CMD_DRIVE_SPECIFICATION_COMMAND, or other unspecified commands, aka VENOM.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.7 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Citrix Security Advisory for CVE-2015-3456 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0893-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: qemu-2.1.3-7.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3259-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU03349 rev.1- HP Helion CloudSystem, Local Denial of Service (DoS), Arbitra' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
QEMU Floppy Disk Controller Emulation Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU03336 rev.1- HP Helion OpenStack affected by VENOM, Denial of Service (DoS' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
2017-04 Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in NorthStar Controller Application before version 2.1.0 Service Pack 1. - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0983-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
QEMU - Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) (PoC) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3262-1 xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0889-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory - VENOM Vulnerability in Huawei Products - Huawei PSIRT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www1.huawei.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0923-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
VENOM Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 venom.crowdstrike.com
USN-2608-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Venom - Lenovo Support (US) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.lenovo.com
VENOM: QEMU vulnerability (CVE-2015-3456) - Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Xen Floppy Disk Controller Emulation Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Oracle PeopleSoft Products Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges and Remote Users Partially Access Data and Partially Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0894-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1400-1: moderate: Security update for virtualbox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0927-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Object not found! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
VENOM, don’t get bitten. | Red Hat Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityblog.redhat.com
2015-07 Security Bulletin: Buffer overflow vulnerability in QEMU component of the KVM/QEMU and Xen hypervisors (CVE-2015-3456) aka VENOM - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Broadcom Support Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bto.bluecoat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0929-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Arista - Security Advisory 0010 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.arista.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
McAfee KnowledgeBase - Intel Security - Security Bulletin: Advanced Threat Defense update for Venom vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com
FortiGuard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fortiguard.com
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE-2015-3456 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suse.com
VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-27) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201602-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
QEMU 'hw/block/fdc.c' VENOM Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3274-1 virtualbox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
XSA-133 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org
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