CVE-2014-3615
Description
An information leak flaw was found in the way QEMU's VGA emulator accessed frame buffer memory for high resolution displays. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to leak memory contents of the host to the guest by setting the display to use a high resolution in the guest.
Statement
This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.9 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network | Local | N/A |
| Access Complexity | High | Low | N/A |
| Authentication | Single | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | Partial | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Application Data
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Laszlo Ersek (Red Hat).
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