CVE-2014-5263

Published: August 26, 2014Last modified: November 10, 2023

Description

vmstate_xhci_event in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU 1.6.0 does not terminate the list with the VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST macro, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access, infinite loop, and memory corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Status

References

• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3afca1d6d413592c2b78cf28f52fa24a586d8f56
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/04/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/16/1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126543