CVE-2015-5158

Publication date 24 July 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 15.04 vivid
Fixed 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.3
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
qemu-kvm 15.04 vivid Not in release
14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

tyhicks

2.2.0 and newer

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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