CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-7840

7.5 HIGH Published 2014-12-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-12-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The host_from_stream_offset function in arch_init.c in QEMU, when loading RAM during migration, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) offset or (2) length value in savevm data.

Affected configurations

• qemu qemu (<= 2.1.3) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • redhat virtualization 3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References