Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-5158

Description

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.

Affected products

QEMU/Qemu4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.2.0,<2.4.0
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/76016nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033095nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg04558.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02nvdThird Party Advisory

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