CVE-2015-5154

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5154
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-12 14:59:23 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.5.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
QEMU: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201510-02) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: xen-4.4.2-9.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3348-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.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-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1302-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: xen-4.5.1-5.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1643-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
QEMU IDE Heap Overflow Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1426-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1409-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1782-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1455-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1421-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Citrix XenServer Security Update for CVE-2015-5154 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU CVE-2015-5154 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
XSA-138 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: xen-4.5.1-5.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1299-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-5154 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1243563 – CVE-2015-5154 qemu: ide: atapi: heap overflow during I/O buffer memory access MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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