CVE-2014-0983

medium
Published 2014-03-31 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Multiple array index errors in programs that are automatically generated by VBox/HostServices/SharedOpenGL/crserverlib/server_dispatch.py in Oracle VirtualBox 4.2.x through 4.2.20 and 4.3.x before 4.3.8, when using 3D Acceleration, allow local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the Chromium server via certain CR_MESSAGE_OPCODES messages with a crafted index, which are not properly handled by the (1) CR_VERTEXATTRIB4NUBARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4NubARB function, (2) CR_VERTEXATTRIB1DARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib1dARB function, (3) CR_VERTEXATTRIB1FARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib1fARB function, (4) CR_VERTEXATTRIB1SARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib1sARB function, (5) CR_VERTEXATTRIB2DARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib2dARB function, (6) CR_VERTEXATTRIB2FARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib2fARB function, (7) CR_VERTEXATTRIB2SARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib2sARB function, (8) CR_VERTEXATTRIB3DARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib3dARB function, (9) CR_VERTEXATTRIB3FARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib3fARB function, (10) CR_VERTEXATTRIB3SARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib3sARB function, (11) CR_VERTEXATTRIB4DARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4dARB function, (12) CR_VERTEXATTRIB4FARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4fARB function, and (13) CR_VERTEXATTRIB4SARB_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4sARB function.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0983

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/57384

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debiansidfixed4.3.10-dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.0
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.2
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.4
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.6
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.8
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.10
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.12
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.14
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.16
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.18
oraclevm_virtualbox4.2.20
oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.0
oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.2
oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.4
oraclevm_virtualbox4.3.6

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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