CVE-2015-5166 (GCVE-0-2015-5166)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-12 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 06:41
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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