7.7
HIGH
CVE-2015-3456
QEMU Xen KVM Floppy Disk Controller Arbitrary Code Execution Denial of Service
Description

The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier and KVM, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and guest crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) FD_CMD_READ_ID, (2) FD_CMD_DRIVE_SPECIFICATION_COMMAND, or other unspecified commands, aka VENOM.

INFO

Published Date :

May 13, 2015, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

5.1
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-3456 has a 10 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-3456 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat openstack
3 Redhat enterprise_virtualization
1 Qemu qemu
1 Xen xen
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-3456.

URL Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e907746266721f305d67bc0718795fedee2e824c
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10693
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00021.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143387998230996&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0998.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0999.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1000.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1011.html
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201078
http://venom.crowdstrike.com/
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3262
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3274
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-05-19-cve-2015-3456-venom-vulnerability
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74640
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032306
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032311
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032917
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-438937.htm
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-133.html
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1444903
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa95
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10118
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27
https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/05/13/venom-dont-get-bitten/
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/venom
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1128-security-advisory-10
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37053/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e907746266721f305d67bc0718795fedee2e824c
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10693
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00021.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143387998230996&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0998.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0999.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1000.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1011.html
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201078
http://venom.crowdstrike.com/
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3262
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3274
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-05-19-cve-2015-3456-venom-vulnerability
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74640
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032306
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032311
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032917
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-438937.htm
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-133.html
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1444903
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa95
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10118
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27
https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/05/13/venom-dont-get-bitten/
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/venom
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1128-security-advisory-10
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37053/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-3456 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-3456 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e907746266721f305d67bc0718795fedee2e824c
    Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10693
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158072.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00009.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00013.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00014.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00018.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00019.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00021.html
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143387998230996&w=2
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0998.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0999.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1000.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1001.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1002.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1003.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1004.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1011.html
    Added Reference http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201078
    Added Reference http://venom.crowdstrike.com/
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3262
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3274
    Added Reference http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-05-19-cve-2015-3456-venom-vulnerability
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74640
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032306
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032311
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032917
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
    Added Reference http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-438937.htm
    Added Reference http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-133.html
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/articles/1444903
    Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa95
    Added Reference https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10118
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27
    Added Reference https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/05/13/venom-dont-get-bitten/
    Added Reference https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/venom
    Added Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1128-security-advisory-10
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37053/
    Added Reference https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e907746266721f305d67bc0718795fedee2e824c [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=e907746266721f305d67bc0718795fedee2e824c
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1128-security-advisory-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1128-security-advisory-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1128-security-advisory-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032917 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032311 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032306 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3262 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1011.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00018.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37053/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa95 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-05-19-cve-2015-3456-venom-vulnerability [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201078 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10693 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-438937.htm [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143387998230996&w=2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/venom
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3274
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00019.html
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74640
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10118
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158072.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 22, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description Though the VENOM vulnerability is also agnostic of the guest operating system, an attacker (or an attacker’s malware) would need to have administrative or root privileges in the guest operating system in order to exploit VENOM
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.00%

score

0.39144

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Access Complexity
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Confidentiality
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