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.
Published: 2015-08-12
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5173 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2724-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:07.558Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5166

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-12T14:59:25.247

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5166

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-08-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5166 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses