CVE-2014-7840

CVE Details

Release Date:2014-11-12

Description


It was found that certain values that were read when loading RAM during migration were not validated. A user able to alter the savevm data (either on the disk or over the wire during migration) could use either of these flaws to corrupt QEMU process memory on the (destination) host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

See more information about CVE-2014-7840 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 3.7 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2015-03492015-03-11



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