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title: CVE-2014-0983
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0983
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# CVE-2014-0983

Publication date 31 March 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

Multiple array index errors in programs that are automatically generated by
VBox/HostServices/SharedOpenGL/crserverlib/server\_dispatch.py in Oracle
VirtualBox 4.2.x through 4.2.20 and 4.3.x before 4.3.8, when using 3D
Acceleration, allow local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the
Chromium server via certain CR\_MESSAGE\_OPCODES messages with a crafted
index, which are not properly handled by the (1)
CR\_VERTEXATTRIB4NUBARB\_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4NubARB
function, (2) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB1DARB\_OPCODE to the
crServerDispatchVertexAttrib1dARB function, (3) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB1FARB\_OPCODE
to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib1fARB function, (4)
CR\_VERTEXATTRIB1SARB\_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib1sARB
function, (5) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB2DARB\_OPCODE to the
crServerDispatchVertexAttrib2dARB function, (6) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB2FARB\_OPCODE
to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib2fARB function, (7)
CR\_VERTEXATTRIB2SARB\_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib2sARB
function, (8) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB3DARB\_OPCODE to the
crServerDispatchVertexAttrib3dARB function, (9) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB3FARB\_OPCODE
to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib3fARB function, (10)
CR\_VERTEXATTRIB3SARB\_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib3sARB
function, (11) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB4DARB\_OPCODE to the
crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4dARB function, (12)
CR\_VERTEXATTRIB4FARB\_OPCODE to the crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4fARB
function, and (13) CR\_VERTEXATTRIB4SARB\_OPCODE to the
crServerDispatchVertexAttrib4sARB function.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| virtualbox | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 4.2.16-dfsg-3ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| virtualbox-ose | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0983#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| virtualbox | * Upstream:   <https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/50441/vbox> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0983)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0983)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0983)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0983)

### Other references

* <http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/oracle-virtualbox-3d-acceleration-multiple-memory-corruption-vulnerabilities>
* <https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/50441/vbox>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/57384>
* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/95>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0983>