CVE-2014-5263 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Qemu

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
OSV2.1
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
QemuDebian Qemu
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 2.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 2.1+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7
▶NVDqemu/qemu1.6.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qxm2-g26p-5vjg: vmstate_xhci_event in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2022-05-17
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2014-11-13
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OSV
CVE-2014-5263: vmstate_xhci_event in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2014-08-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2014-11-13
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Red Hat
qemu: missing field list terminator in vmstate_xhci_event↗2014-07-22
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Debian
CVE-2014-5263: qemu - vmstate_xhci_event in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU 1.6.0 does not terminate the lis...↗2014
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-5263 qemu: missing field list terminator in vmstate_xhci_event↗2014-08-04
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