Buffer 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.
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3348-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5221 Buffer 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2724-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:08.516Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5225

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-11-06T21:59:05.157

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5225

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5225 - Bugzilla

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