What is CVE-2014-0983?

CVE-2014-0983 is a vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, classified under CWE-399. Published 2014-03-31.

Is CVE-2014-0983 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox

CVE-2014-0983

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.

Published 2014-03-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.082 (94.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.082 · newest: 0.082 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Vm Virtualbox — versions 4.2.0, 4.2.2, 4.2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32208 (exploit)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27 (vendor-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/57384 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531418/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2904 (vendor-advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
www.virtualbox.org/changeset/50441/vbox
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/95 (mailing-list, Exploit)
www.coresecurity.com/advisories/oracle-virtualbox-3d-acceleration-multiple-memo… (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0983?: CVE-2014-0983 is a vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, classified under CWE-399. Published 2014-03-31.
Is CVE-2014-0983 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.