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CVE-2014-7840

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99194

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163075

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0624.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0349.html

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0be839a2701369f669532ea5884c15bead1c6e08

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-12

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02455