CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-3689

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vmware-vga driver in QEMU allows local guest users to write to qemu memory locations, potentially gaining privileges through unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may allow malicious users to escalate privileges within the system, posing a significant security risk to the virtual environment.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update QEMU to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to restrict access for local guest users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS