CVE-2015-5166

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-08-03

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does notcompletely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.

See more information about CVE-2015-5166 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:	2.9	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2015-0111	2015-08-04

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