7.2
HIGH
CVE-2014-3689
"VMware QEMU Rectangle Handling Privilege Escalation"
Description

The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 14, 2014, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:08 a.m.

Source :

secalert@redhat.com

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-3689 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-3689 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Qemu qemu
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Slides, Papers, Links to CVEs and advisories

Updated: 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Aug. 5, 2017, 4:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-3689 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-3689 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60923
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62143
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62144
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3066
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3067
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/114397
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
    Added Reference https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg261580.html
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg261580.html [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg261580.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Aug. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/60923 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/60923 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62143 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62143 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62144 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62144 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3066 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3066 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3067 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3067 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/114397 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/114397 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg261580.html No Types Assigned https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg261580.html Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-264
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.1.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Reanalysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Nov. 14, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Nov. 14, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CWE CWE-264
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.00%

score

0.22948

percentile

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