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CVE-2015-6855

hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.50%Up 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
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What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2015-6855
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-369
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2015-6855
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-6791 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2015-6791
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gcq-wcj5-xgq6 7.5

hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which...

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.

Record
GHSA-8gcq-wcj5-xgq6
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-369
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2015-6855
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-6855 7.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6855
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-6855 7.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6855
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0368 No score

Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Qemu emulator built with the RTL8139 emulation support is vulnerable to an information leakage flaw. It could occur while processing network packets under RTL8139 controller's C+ mode of operation. A guest user could use this flaw to read uninitialised Qemu heap memory up to 65K bytes (CVE-2015-5165).

Qemu emulator built with the VNC display driver is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing a CLIENT_CUT_TEXT message with specially crafted payload message. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the host, resulting in DoS (CVE-2015-5239).

Qemu emulator built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (CVE-2015-6815).

Qemu emulator built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM emulation support is vulnerable to a divide by zero issue. It could occur while executing an IDE command WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX to determine the maximum size of a drive. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (CVE-2015-6855).

Record
MGASA-2015-0368
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0369 No score

Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Qemu emulator built with the RTL8139 emulation support is vulnerable to an information leakage flaw. It could occur while processing network packets under RTL8139 controller's C+ mode of operation. A guest user could use this flaw to read uninitialised Qemu heap memory up to 65K bytes (CVE-2015-5165).

Qinghao Tang and Mr. Zuozhi discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memory in the VNC display driver. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process (CVE-2015-5225). - Mageia 5 only

Qemu emulator built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (CVE-2015-6815).

Qemu emulator built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM emulation support is vulnerable to a divide by zero issue. It could occur while executing an IDE command WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX to determine the maximum size of a drive. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (CVE-2015-6855).

Record
MGASA-2015-0369
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 No score

xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1 No score

qemu-6.1.0-32.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the qemu-6.1.0-32.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1782-1 No score

Security update for qemu

qemu was updated to fix several security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-5154: Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands. (bsc#938344).
  • CVE-2015-5278: QEMU was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue that could occur when receiving packets over the network. (bsc#945989)
  • CVE-2015-5279: QEMU was vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow issue that could occur when receiving packets over the network. (bsc#945987)
  • CVE-2015-6855: QEMU was vulnerable to a divide by zero issue that could occur while executing an IDE command WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX to determine the maximum size of a drive. (bsc#945404)
  • CVE-2014-7815: The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c in QEMU allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value. (bsc#902737):

Also these non-security issues were fixed:

  • bsc#937572: Fixed dictzip on big endian systems
  • bsc#934517: Fix 'info tlb' causes guest to freeze
  • bsc#934506: Fix vte monitor consol looks empy
  • bsc#937125: Fix parsing of scsi-disk wwn uint64 property
  • bsc#945778: Drop .probe hooks for DictZip and tar block drivers
  • bsc#937572: Fold common-obj-y -> block-obj-y change into original patches
  • bsc#928308,bsc#944017: Fix virtio-ccw index errors when initrd gets too large
  • bsc#936537: Fix possible qemu-img error when converting to compressed qcow2 image
  • bsc#939216: Fix reboot fail after install using uefi
  • bsc#943446: qemu-img convert doesn't create MB aligned VHDs anymore
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1782-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0873-1 No score

Security update for xen

xen was updated to fix 44 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2013-4533: Buffer overflow in the pxa2xx_ssp_load function in hw/arm/pxa2xx.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted s->rx_level value in a savevm image (bsc#864655).
  • CVE-2013-4534: Buffer overflow in hw/intc/openpic.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to IRQDest elements (bsc#864811).
  • CVE-2013-4537: The ssi_sd_transfer function in hw/sd/ssi-sd.c allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted arglen value in a savevm image (bsc#864391).
  • CVE-2013-4538: Multiple buffer overflows in the ssd0323_load function in hw/display/ssd0323.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) cmd_len, (2) row, or (3) col values; (4) row_start and row_end values; or (5) col_star and col_end values in a savevm image (bsc#864769).
  • CVE-2013-4539: Multiple buffer overflows in the tsc210x_load function in hw/input/tsc210x.c might have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) precision, (2) nextprecision, (3) function, or (4) nextfunction value in a savevm image (bsc#864805).
  • CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image (bsc#877642).
  • CVE-2014-3640: The sosendto function in slirp/udp.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by sending a udp packet with a value of 0 in the source port and address, which triggers access of an uninitialized socket (bsc#897654).
  • CVE-2014-3689: The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) allowed local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling (bsc#901508).
  • CVE-2014-7815: The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value (bsc#902737).
  • CVE-2014-9718: The (1) BMDMA and (2) AHCI HBA interfaces in the IDE functionality had multiple interpretations of a function's return value, which allowed guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service (memory consumption or infinite loop, and system crash) via a PRDT with zero complete sectors, related to the bmdma_prepare_buf and ahci_dma_prepare_buf functions (bsc#928393).
  • CVE-2015-1779: The VNC websocket frame decoder allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section (bsc#924018).
  • CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#945989).
  • CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed 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 (bsc#945404).
  • CVE-2015-7512: Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet (bsc#957162).
  • CVE-2015-7549: pci: NULL pointer dereference issue (bsc#958917).
  • CVE-2015-8345: eepro100: infinite loop in processing command block list (bsc#956829).
  • CVE-2015-8504: VNC: floating point exception (bsc#958491).
  • CVE-2015-8550: Paravirtualized drivers were incautious about shared memory contents (XSA-155) (bsc#957988).
  • CVE-2015-8554: qemu-dm buffer overrun in MSI-X handling (XSA-164) (bsc#958007).
  • CVE-2015-8555: Information leak in legacy x86 FPU/XMM initialization (XSA-165) (bsc#958009).
  • CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0873-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0955-1 No score

Security update for xen

xen was updated to fix 47 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2013-4527: Buffer overflow in hw/timer/hpet.c might have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the number of timers (bnc#864673).
  • CVE-2013-4529: Buffer overflow in hw/pci/pcie_aer.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large log_num value in a savevm image (bnc#864678).
  • CVE-2013-4530: Buffer overflow in hw/ssi/pl022.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tx_fifo_head and rx_fifo_head values in a savevm image (bnc#864682).
  • CVE-2013-4533: Buffer overflow in the pxa2xx_ssp_load function in hw/arm/pxa2xx.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted s->rx_level value in a savevm image (bsc#864655).
  • CVE-2013-4534: Buffer overflow in hw/intc/openpic.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to IRQDest elements (bsc#864811).
  • CVE-2013-4537: The ssi_sd_transfer function in hw/sd/ssi-sd.c allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted arglen value in a savevm image (bsc#864391).
  • CVE-2013-4538: Multiple buffer overflows in the ssd0323_load function in hw/display/ssd0323.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) cmd_len, (2) row, or (3) col values; (4) row_start and row_end values; or (5) col_star and col_end values in a savevm image (bsc#864769).
  • CVE-2013-4539: Multiple buffer overflows in the tsc210x_load function in hw/input/tsc210x.c might have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) precision, (2) nextprecision, (3) function, or (4) nextfunction value in a savevm image (bsc#864805).
  • CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image (bsc#877642).
  • CVE-2014-3640: The sosendto function in slirp/udp.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by sending a udp packet with a value of 0 in the source port and address, which triggers access of an uninitialized socket (bsc#897654).
  • CVE-2014-3689: The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) allowed local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling (bsc#901508).
  • CVE-2014-7815: The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value (bsc#902737).
  • CVE-2014-9718: The (1) BMDMA and (2) AHCI HBA interfaces in the IDE functionality had multiple interpretations of a function's return value, which allowed guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service (memory consumption or infinite loop, and system crash) via a PRDT with zero complete sectors, related to the bmdma_prepare_buf and ahci_dma_prepare_buf functions (bsc#928393).
  • CVE-2015-1779: The VNC websocket frame decoder allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section (bsc#924018).
  • CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#945989).
  • CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed 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 (bsc#945404).
  • CVE-2015-7512: Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0955-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1318-1 No score

Security update for xen

xen was updated to fix 46 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2013-4527: Buffer overflow in hw/timer/hpet.c might have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the number of timers (bsc#964746).
  • CVE-2013-4529: Buffer overflow in hw/pci/pcie_aer.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large log_num value in a savevm image (bsc#964929).
  • CVE-2013-4530: Buffer overflow in hw/ssi/pl022.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tx_fifo_head and rx_fifo_head values in a savevm image (bsc#964950).
  • CVE-2013-4533: Buffer overflow in the pxa2xx_ssp_load function in hw/arm/pxa2xx.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted s->rx_level value in a savevm image (bsc#964644).
  • CVE-2013-4534: Buffer overflow in hw/intc/openpic.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to IRQDest elements (bsc#964452).
  • CVE-2013-4537: The ssi_sd_transfer function in hw/sd/ssi-sd.c allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted arglen value in a savevm image (bsc#962642).
  • CVE-2013-4538: Multiple buffer overflows in the ssd0323_load function in hw/display/ssd0323.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) cmd_len, (2) row, or (3) col values; (4) row_start and row_end values; or (5) col_star and col_end values in a savevm image (bsc#962335).
  • CVE-2013-4539: Multiple buffer overflows in the tsc210x_load function in hw/input/tsc210x.c might have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) precision, (2) nextprecision, (3) function, or (4) nextfunction value in a savevm image (bsc#962758).
  • CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image (bsc#964925).
  • CVE-2014-3640: The sosendto function in slirp/udp.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by sending a udp packet with a value of 0 in the source port and address, which triggers access of an uninitialized socket (bsc#965112).
  • CVE-2014-3689: The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) allowed local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling (bsc#962611).
  • CVE-2014-7815: The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value (bsc#962627).
  • CVE-2014-9718: The (1) BMDMA and (2) AHCI HBA interfaces in the IDE functionality had multiple interpretations of a function's return value, which allowed guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service (memory consumption or infinite loop, and system crash) via a PRDT with zero complete sectors, related to the bmdma_prepare_buf and ahci_dma_prepare_buf functions (bsc#964431).
  • CVE-2015-1779: The VNC websocket frame decoder allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section (bsc#962632).
  • CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#964947).
  • CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed 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 (bsc#965156).
  • CVE-2015-7512: Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1318-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1698-1 No score

Security update for kvm

kvm was updated to fix 33 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
  • CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
  • CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for guest escape (bsc#978158)
  • CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit (bsc#978160)
  • CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
  • CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation (bsc#967969)
  • CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
  • CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number generator (bsc#970036)
  • CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
  • CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic (bsc#975128)
  • CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller (bsc#975136)
  • CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access (bsc#975700)
  • CVE-2015-3214: Fixed OOB read in i8254 PIC (bsc#934069)
  • CVE-2014-9718: Fixed the handling of malformed or short ide PRDTs to avoid any opportunity for guest to cause DoS by abusing that interface (bsc#928393)
  • CVE-2014-3689: Fixed insufficient parameter validation in rectangle functions (bsc#901508)
  • CVE-2014-3615: The VGA emulator in QEMU allowed local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution (bsc#895528).
  • CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
  • CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#945989).
  • CVE-2015-5279: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets (bsc#945987).
  • CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
  • CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c in QEMU did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed 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 (bsc#945404).
  • CVE-2015-7295: hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface (bsc#947159).
  • CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
  • CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
  • CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS (bsc#959005).
  • CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler (bsc#961358).
  • CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument (bsc#960334).
  • CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions (bsc#960725).
  • CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
  • CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware configuration (bsc#961691).
  • CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command (bsc#962320).
  • CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
  • CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).

This non-security issue was fixed:

  • Fix case of IDE interface needing busy status set before flush (bsc#936132)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1698-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1745-1 No score

Security update for xen

xen was updated to fix 36 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2013-4527: Buffer overflow in hw/timer/hpet.c might have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the number of timers (bnc#864673).
  • CVE-2013-4529: Buffer overflow in hw/pci/pcie_aer.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large log_num value in a savevm image (bnc#864678).
  • CVE-2013-4530: Buffer overflow in hw/ssi/pl022.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tx_fifo_head and rx_fifo_head values in a savevm image (bnc#864682).
  • CVE-2013-4533: Buffer overflow in the pxa2xx_ssp_load function in hw/arm/pxa2xx.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted s->rx_level value in a savevm image (bsc#864655).
  • CVE-2013-4534: Buffer overflow in hw/intc/openpic.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to IRQDest elements (bsc#864811).
  • CVE-2013-4537: The ssi_sd_transfer function in hw/sd/ssi-sd.c allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted arglen value in a savevm image (bsc#864391).
  • CVE-2013-4538: Multiple buffer overflows in the ssd0323_load function in hw/display/ssd0323.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) cmd_len, (2) row, or (3) col values; (4) row_start and row_end values; or (5) col_star and col_end values in a savevm image (bsc#864769).
  • CVE-2013-4539: Multiple buffer overflows in the tsc210x_load function in hw/input/tsc210x.c might have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) precision, (2) nextprecision, (3) function, or (4) nextfunction value in a savevm image (bsc#864805).
  • CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image (bsc#877642).
  • CVE-2014-3640: The sosendto function in slirp/udp.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by sending a udp packet with a value of 0 in the source port and address, which triggers access of an uninitialized socket (bsc#897654).
  • CVE-2014-3689: The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) allowed local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling (bsc#901508).
  • CVE-2014-7815: The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value (bsc#902737).
  • CVE-2014-9718: The (1) BMDMA and (2) AHCI HBA interfaces in the IDE functionality had multiple interpretations of a function's return value, which allowed guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service (memory consumption or infinite loop, and system crash) via a PRDT with zero complete sectors, related to the bmdma_prepare_buf and ahci_dma_prepare_buf functions (bsc#928393).
  • CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#945989).
  • CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed 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 (bsc#945404).
  • CVE-2015-7512: Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet (bsc#957162).
  • CVE-2015-8345: eepro100: infinite loop in processing command block list (bsc#956829).
  • CVE-2015-8504: VNC: floating point exception (bsc#958491). -…
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1745-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1785-1 No score

Security update for kvm

kvm was updated to fix 33 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
  • CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
  • CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for guest escape (bsc#978158)
  • CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit (bsc#978160)
  • CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
  • CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation (bsc#967969)
  • CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
  • CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number generator (bsc#970036)
  • CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
  • CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic (bsc#975128)
  • CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller (bsc#975136)
  • CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access (bsc#975700)
  • CVE-2015-3214: Fixed OOB read in i8254 PIC (bsc#934069)
  • CVE-2014-9718: Fixed the handling of malformed or short ide PRDTs to avoid any opportunity for guest to cause DoS by abusing that interface (bsc#928393)
  • CVE-2014-3689: Fixed insufficient parameter validation in rectangle functions (bsc#901508)
  • CVE-2014-3615: The VGA emulator in QEMU allowed local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution (bsc#895528).
  • CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
  • CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#945989).
  • CVE-2015-5279: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets (bsc#945987).
  • CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
  • CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c in QEMU did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed 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 (bsc#945404).
  • CVE-2015-7295: hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface (bsc#947159).
  • CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
  • CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
  • CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS (bsc#959005).
  • CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler (bsc#961358).
  • CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument (bsc#960334).
  • CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions (bsc#960725).
  • CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
  • CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware configuration (bsc#961691).
  • CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command (bsc#962320).
  • CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
  • CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).

This non-security issue was fixed:

  • Fix case of IDE interface needing busy status set before flush (bsc#936132)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1785-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2745-1 No score

qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities

Lian Yihan discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain payload messages in the VNC display driver. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause the QEMU process to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-5239)

Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled receiving certain packets in the NE2000 network driver. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause the QEMU process to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5278)

Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled receiving certain packets in the NE2000 network driver. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2015-5279)

Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled transmit descriptor data when sending network packets. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause the QEMU process to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-6815)

Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled ATAPI command permissions. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause the QEMU process to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-6855)

Record
USN-2745-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
Debian:12
before 1:2.4+dfsg-2
1:2.4+dfsg-2
qemu
Debian:13
before 1:2.4+dfsg-2
1:2.4+dfsg-2
qemu
Debian:14
before 1:2.4+dfsg-2
1:2.4+dfsg-2
qemu
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u11, plus listed versions
1.1.2+dfsg-6a1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u11.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u101.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u21.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u3
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1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u41.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u51.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u61.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u71.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u7~bpo60+11.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u81.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u9
1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u11
qemu
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4, plus listed versions
1:2.1+dfsg-111:2.1+dfsg-121:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u21:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u31:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12~bpo70+1
1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4
qemu-kvm
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u11, plus listed versions
1.1.2+dfsg-61.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u11.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u101.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u21.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u3
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1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u41.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u51.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u61.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u71.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u7~bpo60+11.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u81.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u9
1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u11
qemu
Mageia:4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.6.2-1.16.mga4
1.6.2-1.16.mga4
qemu
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 2.1.3-2.6.mga5
2.1.3-2.6.mga5
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0.2-48.9.1
2.0.2-48.9.1
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0.2-48.9.1
2.0.2-48.9.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qemu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0.2-48.9.1
2.0.2-48.9.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 43 CVEs
before 4.5.2_06-7.1
4.5.2_06-7.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 43 CVEs
before 4.5.2_06-7.1
4.5.2_06-7.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 43 CVEs
before 4.5.2_06-7.1
4.5.2_06-7.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 43 CVEs
before 4.5.2_06-7.1
4.5.2_06-7.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 46 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-32.1
4.4.4_02-32.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 46 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-32.1
4.4.4_02-32.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 46 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-32.1
4.4.4_02-32.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 46 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-32.1
4.4.4_02-32.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 45 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
4.4.4_02-22.19.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
From an advisory covering 45 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
4.4.4_02-22.19.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
From an advisory covering 45 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
4.4.4_02-22.19.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
From an advisory covering 45 CVEs
before 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
4.4.4_02-22.19.1
kvm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 1.4.2-46.1
1.4.2-46.1
kvm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 1.4.2-46.1
1.4.2-46.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 4.2.5_20-24.9
4.2.5_20-24.9
kvm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 1.4.2-44.1
1.4.2-44.1
kvm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 33 CVEs
before 1.4.2-44.1
1.4.2-44.1
qemu
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19, plus listed versions
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
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1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.18
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19
qemu
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19, plus listed versions
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3
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1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.18
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19
xen
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 124 CVEs
before 4.7.0_12-1.3
4.7.0_12-1.3
qemu
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 135 CVEs
before 6.1.0-32.1
6.1.0-32.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-6855 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Qemu, published September 11, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.50%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in qemu 1:2.4+dfsg-2.

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