CVE-2015-5745

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5745

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5745.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-1a`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-1a`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-1a`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-1a`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:2.4+dfsg-1a`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5745.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5745

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.