CVE-2015-5745

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 23 Jan 2020, 19:35
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:59

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.4% LOW
1% probability -0.52%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jan 2020, 19:35
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:59
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.40%• Percentile: 81%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • arista•eos

    4.12 | 4.13 | 4.14 | 4.15

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    21 | 22 | 23

  • qemu•qemu

    < 2.4.0

References (8)