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title: "CVE-2014-6540\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6540

Publication date 15 October 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 before 4.1.34, before 4.2.26, and before 4.3.14
allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Graphics
driver (WDDM) for Windows guests.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| virtualbox | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.3.34-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.1.44-dfsg-1+deb7u1ubuntu1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| virtualbox-ose | 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 |
| 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6540)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6540)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6540)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6540)

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6540>