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CVE-2015-5154 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, al…

published 2015-08-12 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-5165

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.

Patch / fix

  • xen Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.4.0-1
  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.4+dfsg-1a

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5154

  • xen Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • qemu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.15

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5154

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  • qemu-kvm-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.6
  • qemu-img-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.6
  • libcacard-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.6
  • qemu-kvm-tools-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.6
  • libcacard-devel-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.6
  • libcacard-tools-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.6
  • qemu-kvm-common-rhev RHEL 7, openstack 6, openstack 5 10:2.1.2-23.el7_1.6
  • qemu-kvm RHEL 7 10:1.5.3-86.el7_1.5

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1512RHSA-2015:1508RHSA-2015:1507

  • xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 4.5.2_02-4.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 2.0.2-48.9.1
  • kvm SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3 +1 more 1.4.2-0.22.34.3
  • xen SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3, SLED 11 SP3 +2 more 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • kvm SLES 11 SP1-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP1-LTSS 0.12.5-1.30.2
  • kvm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP4 1.4.2-32.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP4 +1 more 4.4.2_10-5.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 4.4.2_08-22.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:2324-1SUSE-SU-2015:1782-1SUSE-SU-2015:1472-1SUSE-SU-2015:1479-2SUSE-SU-2015:1479-1SUSE-SU-2015:1421-1

  • xen openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.7.0_12-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5154 updated cvss 6.5

qemu: ide: atapi: heap overflow during I/O buffer memory access

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 rhev-hypervisor
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, libcacard 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libcacard-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, libcacard 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, libcacard-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1507
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-devel-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-tools-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-devel-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-tools-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1512
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, libcacard 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libcacard 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, libcacard-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, libcacard 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libcacard-tools 1.5.3-86.el7_1.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1507
  • Red Hat RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-devel-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, libcacard-tools-rhev 2.1.2-23.el7_1.6, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1508
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm, xen Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-tools, qemu-guest-agent, qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, libcacard-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, libcacard-devel-rhev, libcacard-tools-rhev, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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