| Name | CVE-2014-5263 |
| Description | vmstate_xhci_event in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU 1.6.0 does not terminate the list with the VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST macro, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access, infinite loop, and memory corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 1:2.12+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 2.1+dfsg-1 | medium | ||
| qemu | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in v1.6.0)
[squeeze] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in v1.6.0)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
patch http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3afca1d6d413592c2b78cf28f52fa24a586d8f56