# CVE-2014-0981: Memory corruption in n/a

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jg2m-q6h3-v5jg

## 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: Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0981?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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:

- Oracle VM VirtualBox - 3D Acceleration Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Vm Virtualbox

- [CVE-2016-5605](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5605/): Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.1.4 in Oracle Virtualization allows remote attackers to affect conf (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2018-3294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3294/): Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-21112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21112/): Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-21113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21113/): Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-21114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21114/): Privilege escalation in VM VirtualBox (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0981 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Oracle Vm Virtualbox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0981/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0981
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0981
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0981

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