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CVE-2015-3456 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 arbi...

HighCVSS 7.7 EPSS 15.3% PoC
Published
Updated
Exploit status
Proof-of-concept only

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/qemu(Debian:12) < 1:2.3+dfsg-3 1:2.3+dfsg-3
debian/qemu(Debian:13) < 1:2.3+dfsg-3 1:2.3+dfsg-3
debian/qemu(Debian:14) < 1:2.3+dfsg-3 1:2.3+dfsg-3
debian/xen(Debian:12) < 4.4.0-1 4.4.0-1
debian/xen(Debian:13) < 4.4.0-1 4.4.0-1
debian/xen(Debian:14) < 4.4.0-1 4.4.0-1
qemu <= 2.3.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise virtualization = 3.0 No fix listed
redhat openstack = 4.0 No fix listed
redhat openstack = 5.0 No fix listed
redhat openstack = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat openstack = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 5 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux = 7.0 No fix listed
Xen = 4.5.0 No fix listed

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