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title: "CVE-2014-6590\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6590

Publication date 21 January 2015

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 4.3.20 allows local users to affect
integrity and availability via vectors related to VMSVGA virtual graphics
device, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6588, CVE-2014-6589,
CVE-2014-6595, and CVE-2015-0427.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| virtualbox | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| virtualbox-ose | 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-2014-6590)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6590)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6590)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6590)

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6590>
