{"cve":"CVE-2015-6855","nvd":{"published":"2015-11-06T21:59:07.780","modified":"2026-06-17T00:31:32.130","status":"Modified","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-369"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168602.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169327.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169341.html"],"products":["arista:eos","canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","qemu:qemu","suse:linux_enterprise_desktop","suse:linux_enterprise_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-6855","score":0.03502,"percentile":0.89173,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}