VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5745
Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.01%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.01% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · fedoraproject/fedora · arista/eos
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.