High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-6855
CVE-2015-6855
Description
hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash.
Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
16- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168602.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169327.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169341.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76691nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14nvdThird Party Advisory
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