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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-5225

CVE-2015-5225

Description

Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors, related to refreshing the server display surface.

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Affected products

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  • QEMU/Qemu2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.4.0
    • (no CPE)range: <2.4.0.1
  • Red Hat/Openstack3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Fedoraproject/Fedora3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • osv-coords
    pkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
    Range: < 6.1.0-32.1

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