Unscored severity · published May 13, 2015
CVE-2015-3456
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…
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CVSS
15.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)15.3% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EV
Enterprise Virtualization · Redhat
3.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
4.0; 5.0; 6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.3.0 · source: NVD
XE
Xen · Xen
4.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3456
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3456
git.qemu.org
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e907746266721f305d67bc0718795fedee2e824c
kb.juniper.net
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10693
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158072.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00014.html
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