CVE-2015-6855
QEMU IDE Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 6, 2015, 9:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 15, 2021, 5:05 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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vulnerability.
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CVE-2015-6855 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 15, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14 No Types Assigned https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
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/1188-security-advisory-14 [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/1188-security-advisory-14 [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/1188-security-advisory-14 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 09, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168602.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168602.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169327.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169327.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169341.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169341.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76691 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76691 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.html Vendor Advisory https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST CWE-264 Added CWE NIST CWE-369 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4.1 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *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:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-6855 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-6855
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.13 }} 0.00%
score
0.82450
percentile