---
cve: "CVE-2015-3214"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "1.6%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2015-08-31 10:59:07"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-13T23:51:27+02:00"
---

# CVE-2015-3214

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 and QEMU before 2.3.1 does not distinguish between read lengths and write lengths, which might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by triggering use of an invalid index.

## Exploit-Evidenz

- [EDB-37990 — QEMU - Programmable Interrupt Timer Controller Heap Overflow](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37990) ✅

## Referenzen

- <https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/qemu>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640>
- <https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/qemu>
- <https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37990/>
- <https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02>
- <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924>
- <http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1508.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1507.html>
- <http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33>
- <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1512.html>
- <http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032598>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75273>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/7>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2015-3214) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_