CVE-2014-8106

Publication date 8 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator (hw/display/cirrus_vga.c) in QEMU before 2.2.0 allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1320.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 14.10 utopic
Fixed 2.1+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.9
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
qemu-kvm 14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.21
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.26

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2439-1
    • QEMU vulnerabilities
    • 11 December 2014

Other references