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CVE-2015-4106 json

QEMU does not properly restrict write access to the PCI config space for certain PCI pass-through devices, which might allow local x86 HVM…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-4131

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

QEMU does not properly restrict write access to the PCI config space for certain PCI pass-through devices, which might allow local x86 HVM guests to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (host crash), obtain sensitive information, or possibly have other unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Patch / fix

  • xen Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.4.0-1
  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.3+dfsg-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4106

  • xen Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • qemu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4106

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 4.5.2_02-4.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 4.4.2_06-21.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:2324-1SUSE-SU-2015:1042-1

  • xen openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.7.0_12-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-4106 updated cvss 4.3

xen: unmediated PCI register access in qemu (xsa-131)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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