Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2015-5225

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33990

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5225

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Adjecent network

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
QEMU

Software vendor:
QEMU

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the hypervisor.

Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors, related to refreshing the server display surface.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165484.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166798.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1772.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1837.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/21/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76506
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033547
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02495.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01