CVE-2014-5263

Published: Aug 26, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Qemu: Qemu

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Qemu Qemu	Version 1.6.0

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The 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.

References (10)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3afca1d6d413592c2b78cf28f52fa24a586d8f56

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/04/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126543

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3afca1d6d413592c2b78cf28f52fa24a586d8f56

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/04/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126543

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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