Servers and applications
CVE-2015-5154
Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.
- Severity
- High 7.2
- Published
- 12 Aug 2015
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 0.6% in the next 30 daysHigher than 50% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- Memory buffer errors (CWE-119)
- Attack
- Needs local access · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Read data · Change data · Take it down
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen |
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