VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-0049

Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain…

HIGH 7.4EPSS 0.78%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 7.4 HIGHAV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09bPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09bPatch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.