Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-0049
CVE-2014-0049
Description
Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item data.
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/03/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a08d3b3b99efd509133946056531cdf8f3a0c09bnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.6nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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