SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-5154

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.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.63%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 2.0
7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
0.63% probability · 48th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
xen/xen · suse/linux enterprise debuginfo · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · suse/suse linux enterprise server · fedoraproject/fedora · qemu/qemu
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.