CVE-2014-0049
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.
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0020 (0.2%)
Percentile: 41.3%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
linux:linux_kernelTechnical 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.
Published: 3/11/2014, 1:01:06 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062368
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09b
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1