USN-2409-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3615)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2014-11-13 12:54 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:40 – Source website
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Summary
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
Details

Laszlo Ersek discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memory in the vga device. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary host memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-3615)

Xavier Mehrenberger and Stephane Duverger discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain udp packets when using guest networking. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3640)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled parameter validation in the vmware_vga device. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to write into memory of the host, leading to privilege escalation. (CVE-2014-3689)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI controller live migration. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-5263)

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memory in the ACPI PCI hotplug interface. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to access memory of the host, leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-5388)

James Spadaro discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain VNC bytes_per_pixel values. An attacker having access to a VNC console could possibly use this issue to cause a guest to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-7815)

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  "details": "Laszlo Ersek discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memory in the vga\ndevice. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary\nhost memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10.\n(CVE-2014-3615)\n\nXavier Mehrenberger and Stephane Duverger discovered that QEMU incorrectly\nhandled certain udp packets when using guest networking. A malicious guest\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3640)\n\nIt was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled parameter validation in\nthe vmware_vga device. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to\nwrite into memory of the host, leading to privilege escalation.\n(CVE-2014-3689)\n\nIt was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI controller live\nmigration. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-5263)\n\nMichael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memory in the\nACPI PCI hotplug interface. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue\nto access memory of the host, leading to information disclosure or\nprivilege escalation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2014-5388)\n\nJames Spadaro discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain VNC\nbytes_per_pixel values. An attacker having access to a VNC console could\npossibly use this issue to cause a guest to crash, resulting in a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2014-7815)\n",
  "id": "USN-2409-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:51Z",
  "published": "2014-11-13T12:54:29Z",
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}



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