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CVE-2015-5158

Published: 24 July 2015

Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU, when built with SCSI-device emulation support, allows guest OS users with CAP_SYS_RAWIO permissions to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via an invalid opcode in a SCSI command descriptor block.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
2.2.0 and newer

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream Needed

utopic Not vulnerable
(2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.14)
vivid
Released (1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.3)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=c170aad8b057223b1139d72e5ce7acceafab4fa9
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H