{"id":"CVE-2015-5154","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5154","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:34.703Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2015-08-12T14:59:23.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.0063,"percentile":0.49909,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). 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Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}