CVE-2014-3633 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds read in libvirt to crash the service or leak sensitive heap memory via crafted queries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3633?
CVE-2014-3633 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Oct 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The qemuDomainGetBlockIoTune function in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 1.2.9, when a disk has been hot-plugged or removed from the live image, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive heap information via a crafted blkiotune query, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3633?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Libvirt Libvirt.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3633?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-3633 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3633 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3633, GHSA-gq49-7wvq-p22q, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3633.