CVE-2015-5745 Information

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:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5 https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5