CVE-2015-5745 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Qemu

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuArista EOSFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateMay 24

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDqemu/qemu< 2.4.0
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.4+dfsg-1a+3
▶CVEListV5qemu/qemubefore 2.4.0
▶NVDarista/eos4 versions+3

Also affects: Fedora 21, 22, 23

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w8v5-w883-3mh3: Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus↗2020-01-23
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OSV
CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus↗2020-01-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2015-08-27
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Red Hat
kernel: qemu buffer overflow in virtio-serial↗2015-07-23
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Debian
CVE-2015-5745: qemu - Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c ...↗2015
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5745 xen: kernel: qemu buffer overflow in virtio-serial [fedora-all]↗2015-08-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5745 qemu: kernel: qemu buffer overflow in virtio-serial [fedora-all]↗2015-08-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5745 kernel: qemu buffer overflow in virtio-serial↗2015-08-06
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