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High
CVE-2015-5166
Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does...
Vulnerability Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76152
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033175
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-139.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
21, 22, 0, 4.5.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 12th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.