Privilege escalation in Qemu
CVE-2014-3689
The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Qemu
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/62144 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62143 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3067 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg261580.html (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60923 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3066 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/114397 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-3689?
- CVE-2014-3689 is a vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Improper Privilege Management. Published 2014-11-14.
- Is CVE-2014-3689 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.