CVE-2014-3461

medium

Published 2014-11-04 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

hw/usb/bus.c in QEMU 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted savevm data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to "USB post load checks."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
qemu	qemu	`1.6.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.