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CVE-2015-3456
Detail
Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
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.
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
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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:red
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added
CWE
CWE-119
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
Initial CVE Analysis5/14/2015 3:24:35 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2015-3456 NVD
Published Date: 05/13/2015 NVD
Last Modified: 11/06/2023
Source: MITRE
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