CVE-2014-5263

high

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126543

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/04/1

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3afca1d6d413592c2b78cf28f52fa24a586d8f56

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-08-26

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High