UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5263

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5263

    Published: 26 Aug 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5263
    Aliases:
    USN-2409-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5263, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/285, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2409-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5263

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High