Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2014-0150

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Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2014-0150

Published: April 18, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32536
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0150
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Integer overflow in the virtio_net_handle_mac function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 2.0 and earlier. A remote attacker can use a MAC addresses table update request to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

QEMU
qemu (Alpine package)
xen
Fedora

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0150

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

qemu (Alpine package) - update to 1.2.2-r2
xen - addressed in versions 4.4.1-7.fc21, 4.4.1-8.fc21, 4.4.1-9.fc21

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