CVE-2014-0981 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.4 Published 28 Mar 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local guest users can execute arbitrary code on the host via crafted OpenGL messages when 3D acceleration is enabled.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-0981?

CVE-2014-0981 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 28 Mar 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VBox/GuestHost/OpenGL/util/net.c in Oracle VirtualBox before 3.2.22, 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.32, 4.2.x before 4.2.24, and 4.3.x before 4.3.8, when using 3D Acceleration allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the Chromium server via crafted Chromium network pointer in a (1) CR_MESSAGE_READBACK or (2) CR_MESSAGE_WRITEBACK message to the VBoxSharedCrOpenGL service, which triggers an arbitrary pointer dereference and memory corruption. NOTE: this issue was MERGED with CVE-2014-0982 because it is the same type of vulnerability affecting the same set of versions. All CVE users should reference CVE-2014-0981 instead of CVE-2014-0982.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0981?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0981?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-0981 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-0981 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jg2m-q6h3-v5jg.