CVE-2015-5225: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-5225 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 06-11-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.53%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.53% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat9 products
- openstack5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0
- libcacard-devel-rhev< 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.9
- libcacard-rhev< 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.9
- libcacard-tools-rhev< 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.9
- qemu-img-rhev< 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.9
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:2.4+dfsg-1a
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL21 | 22 | 23
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 2.4.0
4 vendors · 12 products
References
22 links- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165484.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
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- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166798.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
