CVE-2015-5166
N/A
Published: August 12, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraXen
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-139.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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