CVE-2015-6855

7.5 HIGH
Published: November 06, 2015 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on NVD

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76691
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168602.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169327.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169341.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76691
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

32 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.8%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

debian fedoraproject arista qemu suse canonical