CVE-2015-3456
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.7
Exploit probability—
Product
Qemu
PublishedMay 13, 2015
First seenMay 13, 2015
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| qemu qemu | v ≤ 2.3.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_virtualization | 3.0 | — |
| redhat openstack | 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux | 5, 6.0, 7.0 | — |
| xen xen | 4.5.0 | — |
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