CVE-2015-5225
Published: 25 August 2015
Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors, related to refreshing the server display surface.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | introduced by: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=bea60dd7679364493a0d7f5b so precise and trusty are not affected |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| vivid |
Released
(1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.4)
|
|
|
Patches: other: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02495.html |
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|
qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
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