CVE-2015-5225
Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors, related to refreshing the server display surface.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- redhat/openstack · fedoraproject/fedora · qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165484.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166798.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1772.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1837.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/21/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76506
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033547
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02495.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165484.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166798.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1772.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1837.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/21/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76506
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033547
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02495.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.