CVE-2014-0049

Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item data.

CVSS v2.0 7.4 HIGH

7.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 4.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-03-11 13:01

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-0049

Mitre link : CVE-2014-0049

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-0049

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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