CVE-2014-5263

medium
Published 2014-08-26 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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.

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-2014-5263

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/04/1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
qemuqemu1.6.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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