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Unscored USN-2182-1 3 CVEs

qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities

Published Apr 28, 2014 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled vmxnet3
devices. A local guest could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. This issue only
applied to Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4544)

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled virtio-net
MAC addresses. A local guest could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host.
(CVE-2014-0150)

Benoît Canet discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SMART self-tests. A
local guest could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2014-2894)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS qemu 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Unscored —

    hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU 2.0.0-rc0, 1.7.1, and earlier allows local guest users to cause a denial of service or possibl…

  • Unscored —

    Integer overflow in the virtio_net_handle_mac function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 2.0 and earlier allows local gues…

  • Unscored —

    Off-by-one error in the cmd_smart function in the smart self test in hw/ide/core.c in QEMU before 2.0 allows local user…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4544
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0150
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2894