CVE-2015-5154 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the QEMU IDE subsystem, affecting Xen 4.5.x and earlier, as well as products from Fedora and SUSE. This vulnerability allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host system by sending unspecified ATAPI commands when a CDROM drive is enabled within the guest. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity local attack with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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