CVE-2014-0049
N/A
Published: March 11, 2014 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item data.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.13.6
Affected range stops below 3.13.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09bQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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