CVE-2014-5388 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local guest users can exploit an off-by-one error in QEMU's ACPI PCI hotplug interface to read sensitive memory or execute code via a crafted device.

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-2014-5388?

CVE-2014-5388 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Nov 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the pci_read function in the ACPI PCI hotplug interface (hw/acpi/pcihp.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information and have other unspecified impact related to a crafted PCI device that triggers memory corruption.

Weakness: CWE-193

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5388?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5388?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2014-5388 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5388 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5388, GHSA-hxhj-7442-hjrx, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5388.

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