CVE-2014-3689

Description

From CVE.org

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.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

This issue does not affect the qemu packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score47.2N/A
Attack VectorAdjacent NetworkLocalN/A
Access ComplexityHighLowN/A
AuthenticationSingleNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactPartialCompleteN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialCompleteN/A
Availability ImpactPartialCompleteN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Advanced Threat Research team at Intel Security for reporting this issue.

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