CVE-2015-6855 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2015-6855

hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted...

Vulnerability Description

hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

qemu, debian linux, fedora, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, ubuntu linux, eos
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 21, 22, 23, 12, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04

Timeline

Official Publish: November 6th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.