CVE-2015-5745
Moderate
CVE-2015-5745
Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.
Exploit probability
3.0%
Published
January 23, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2015-5745
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Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.html
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13