CVE-2015-5745

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

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Affected Vendors

Fedoraproject Qemu Arista

References (16)

Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.ht...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5
Patch https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-se...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.ht...
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.ht...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5
Patch https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-se...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate