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    CVE-2015-5225

    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.

    Published:Aug 22, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Nov 6, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.00167
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Qemu
    Product
    Qemu
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High