CVE-2014-0049

high
Published 2014-03-11 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.4

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.13.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.13.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.13.6-1
debian debiansidfixed3.13.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.13.6-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.13.6

References

CWEs

CWE-120

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.