CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-5154

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a risk of arbitrary code execution on the host by local guest users, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update QEMU to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to restrict access to containers with the CDROM drive enabled.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS