CVE-2014-3689

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3689
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-14 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-269 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/114397 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Security Advisory SA62143 - Debian update for qemu-kvm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2409-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] vmware-vga: fix CVE-2014-3689 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3066-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62144 - Debian update for qemu - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3067-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60923 - QEMU vmware_vga Rectangle Handling Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] vmware-vga: fix CVE-2014-3689 MITRE www.mail-archive.com
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