ubuntu-cve-2015-3456
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-05-13 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier and KVM, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and guest crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) FD_CMD_READ_ID, (2) FD_CMD_DRIVE_SPECIFICATION_COMMAND, or other unspecified commands, aka VENOM.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
high
References
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        "4.3.0-1ubuntu2",
        "4.3.0-1ubuntu3",
        "4.3.0-1ubuntu4",
        "4.3.0-1ubuntu5",
        "4.4.0-0ubuntu3",
        "4.4.0-0ubuntu4",
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        "4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.5"
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier and KVM, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and guest crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) FD_CMD_READ_ID, (2) FD_CMD_DRIVE_SPECIFICATION_COMMAND, or other unspecified commands, aka VENOM.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3456",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:47Z",
  "published": "2015-05-13T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3456"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://venom.crowdstrike.com/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2608-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-133.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3456"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2608-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "high",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-3456"
  ]
}



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