CVE-2014-0049

Published Mar 11, 2014

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.4
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 4.4
Vector string: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-120

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "2C50FA61-1AD2-4FDC-9DE0-6EEDC107B44E",
            "versionEndExcluding": "3.13.6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References