Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5745
CVE-2015-5745
Description
Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.
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Affected products
20- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATA
< 2.0.2-48.19.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-46.1
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13nvdThird Party Advisory
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