CVE-2014-6588 Denial of service in n/a

Low 3.2 Published 21 Jan 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can compromise integrity and availability of Oracle VM VirtualBox via the VMSVGA virtual graphics 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-2014-6588?

CVE-2014-6588 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 21 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 4.3.20 allows local users to affect integrity and availability via vectors related to VMSVGA virtual graphics device, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6589, CVE-2014-6590, CVE-2014-6595, and CVE-2015-0427.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6588?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2014-6588?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-6588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-rwhj-8rr4-42w6, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6588.