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title: "CVE-2014-0405\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0405

Publication date 15 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle
Virtualization VirtualBox prior to 3.2.20, 4.0.22, 4.1.30, 4.2.20, and
4.3.4 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and
availability via unknown vectors related to Core, a different vulnerability
than CVE-2014-0407.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0405?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| virtualbox-guest-additions | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| virtualbox-guest-additions-iso | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

this is binary software, we can't really fix it

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0405)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0405)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0405)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0405)

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0405>