CVE-2015-3456

CVE Details

Release Date:2015-05-13

Description


An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the way QEMU's virtual Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) handled FIFO buffer access while processing certain FDC commands. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the host's QEMU process corresponding to the guest.

See more information about CVE-2015-3456 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 6.5 Base Metrics: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: Adjacent network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: Requires single instance Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle VM version 2.2 (xen)OVMSA-2015-00592015-05-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (kvm)ELSA-2015-10032015-05-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (xen)ELSA-2015-10022015-05-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2015-09982015-05-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2015-09992015-05-13
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)OVMSA-2015-00582015-05-14
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)OVMSA-2015-00572015-05-14



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