Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-5166

Title: Xen Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-5166.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Aug 12, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-5166: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76152 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033175 http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-139.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76152 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033175 http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-139.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-5166 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 12, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.