SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
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

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