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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 (o

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1 on Exploit-DB, 2 proofs of concept on GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-37053

  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 28

Exploit-DB

securitytracker.com

oracle.com

lists.opensuse.org

kb.juniper.net

debian.org

security.gentoo.org

rhn.redhat.com

kc.mcafee.com

marc.info

support.citrix.com

xenbits.xen.org

suse.com

lists.fedoraproject.org

bto.bluecoat.com

GitHub · orf53975/poisonfrog

GitHub · vincentbernat/cve-2015-3456