CVE-2015-5225

NameCVE-2015-5225
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3348-1
Debian Bugs796465

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)buster1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8fixed
buster (security)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12fixed
bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5fixed
trixie1:8.2.1+ds-2fixed
sid1:8.2.2+ds-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcesqueeze(not affected)
qemusourcewheezy(not affected)
qemusourcejessie1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u2DSA-3348-1
qemusource(unstable)1:2.4+dfsg-1a796465
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.1.0)
[squeeze] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.1.0)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.1.0)
Fix: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02495.html
Introduced by: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=bea60dd7679364493a0d7f5b (v2.1.0-rc0)

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