Divide By Zero Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.21% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-QEMU-427018
  • published6 Nov 2015
  • disclosed6 Nov 2015

Introduced: 6 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-6855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 qemu to version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash.

CVSS Scores

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