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title: "CVE-2010-2784\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2784?format=md
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# CVE-2010-2784

Publication date 24 August 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The subpage MMIO initialization functionality in the subpage\_register
function in exec.c in QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka
rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM
83, does not properly select the index for access to the callback array,
which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash)
or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kvm | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| qemu-kvm | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2784)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2784)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2784)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2784)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2784>