CVE-2015-5166

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 12 Aug 2015, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:41

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.07% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Aug 2015, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 22%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    21 | 22

  • xen•xen

    ≤ 4.5.0 | 4.5.1

References (6)