CVE-2015-6855

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 6, 2015 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC
7 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (16)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-369

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