CVE-2014-5263

Publication date 26 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
qemu-kvm	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

only 1.6.x and higher

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3afca1d6d413592c2b78cf28f52fa24a586d8f56

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)