CVE-2014-3689
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
Description
The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling.
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
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.1+dfsg-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.1+dfsg-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.1+dfsg-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.1+dfsg-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.1+dfsg-6 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.1.3"} | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60923
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62143
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62144
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3066
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3067
- http://www.osvdb.org/114397
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
- https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg261580.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3689
CWEs
CWE-269
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.