CVE-2014-5263
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
vmstate_xhci_event in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU 1.6.0 does not terminate the list with the VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST macro, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access, infinite loop, and memory corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
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 | 1.6.0 | |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3afca1d6d413592c2b78cf28f52fa24a586d8f56
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/04/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126543
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5263
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.