Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2014-5388
Published: November 15, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41104
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5388
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Off-by-one error in the pci_read function in the ACPI PCI hotplug interface (hw/acpi/pcihp.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information and have other unspecified impact related to a crafted PCI device that triggers memory corruption.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5388
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=fa365d7cd11185237471823a5a33d36765454e16
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/438
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/440
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1132956
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-08/msg03338.html