CVE-2015-5225

Publication date 25 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors, related to refreshing the server display surface.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 15.04 vivid
Fixed 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
qemu-kvm 15.04 vivid Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=bea60dd7679364493a0d7f5b so precise and trusty are not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

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