CVE-2014-8106

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8106
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-08 16:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator (hw/display/cirrus_vga.c) in QEMU before 2.2.0 allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1320.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu 2.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.1.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.1.0 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.1.0 rc5 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.1.1 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
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - CVE-2014-8106 qemu: cirrus: insufficient blit region checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[Qemu-devel] [PULL for-2.2 0/2] cirrus: fix blit region check (cve-2014- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3088-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
QEMU 'cirrus_vga.c' Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: qemu-2.1.3-5.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
git.qemu.org Git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu.org
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com
Security Advisory SA60364 - QEMU Cirrus VGA Driver Blit Region Handling Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3087-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit MITRE git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit MITRE git.qemu.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-8106 MITRE access.redhat.com
1169454 – (CVE-2014-8106) CVE-2014-8106 qemu: cirrus: insufficient blit region checks MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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