CVE-2014-3461: qemu

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3461 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 2.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 04-11-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

hw/usb/bus.c in QEMU 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted savevm data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to "USB post load checks."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.