vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-21e5abe3-b0c6-11e5-8d13-bc5ff45d0f28 (CVE-2015-5745): qemu -- buffer overflow vulnerability in virtio-serial message exchanges
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 1, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 1, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Prasad J Pandit, Red Hat Product Security Team, reports: Qemu emulator built with the virtio-serial vmchannel support is vulnerable to a buffer overflow issue. It could occur while exchanging virtio control messages between guest and the host. A malicious guest could use this flaw to corrupt few bytes of Qemu memory area, potentially crashing the Qemu process.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-qemufreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-develfreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-sbrunofreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-user-static
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