CVE-2015-5225
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Affected | — |
| 22 | Affected | — |
| 21 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5225.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165484.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166798.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1772.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1837.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/21/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76506
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033547
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02495.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5225
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.