CVE-2015-5158

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    CVE-2015-5158

    Published: 12 Apr 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU, when built with SCSI-device emulation support, allows guest OS users with CAP_SYS_RAWIO permissions to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via an invalid opcode in a SCSI command descriptor block.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76016, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033095, https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg04558.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02, https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg04558.html

    Affected packages

    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
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