7.2

CVE-2015-5166: fedoraproject fedora

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2015-5166
Published 12-08-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5166 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4
MGASA-2016-0098SUSE-SU-2015:1384-1SUSE-SU-2015:1404-1SUSE-SU-2015:1479-1SUSE-SU-2015:1479-2

Timeline

  1. 12-08-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
  • qemu< 1:2.4+dfsg-1a
  • xen< 4.4.0-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Xen1 product
  • xen≤ 4.5.0 | 4.5.1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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