CVE-2015-3456

Published: May 13, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119

7.7HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:AAccess Vector

Adjacent Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

enterprise virtualizationOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

openstackOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

enterprise linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

qemu

oss-project·US

qemuOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / virtualization

xen

oss-project·GBaka xapi, qemu

xenOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / virtualization

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37053/

exploit-db.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032306

securitytracker.com

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

oracle.com

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