CVE-2014-3689 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3689?

CVE-2014-3689 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 14 Nov 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3689?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3689?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2014-3689 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3689, GHSA-4563-6q26-9q79, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3689.