VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-0049

CVSS score7.4 HIGH
EPSS probability0.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-03-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item data.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Primary references