CVE-2014-3461

medium

Published 2014-11-04 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

6.8

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3461

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.1+dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
qemu	qemu	`1.6.2`

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/272092
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3461

CWEs

CWE-119

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