<s>
VENOM	B-General_Concept
(	O
short	O
for	O
Virtualized	O
Environment	O
Neglected	O
Operations	O
Manipulation	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
security	O
flaw	O
that	O
was	O
discovered	O
in	O
2015	O
by	O
Jason	O
Geffner	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
security	O
researcher	O
at	O
CrowdStrike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
flaw	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2004	O
and	O
affected	O
versions	O
of	O
QEMU	B-Application
,	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
,	O
KVM	B-Application
,	O
and	O
VirtualBox	B-Operating_System
from	O
that	O
date	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
patched	O
following	O
disclosure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
existence	O
of	O
the	O
vulnerability	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
flaw	O
in	O
QEMU	B-Application
's	O
virtual	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VENOM	B-General_Concept
is	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
Common	O
Vulnerabilities	O
and	O
Exposures	O
database	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
