Qemu: usb: fix up post load checks
Published Nov 4, 2014
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.70%
Description
hw/usb/bus.c in QEMU 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted savevm data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to "USB post load checks."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0888
OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0888
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0744
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0743
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0927
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1268
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-rhev
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0888 |
| OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0888 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0744 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0743 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0927 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1268 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.70% (0.02696) | 85.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.72% (0.02718) | 84.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.33% (0.03335) | 86.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.88% (0.05884) | 93.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.88% (0.05884) | 92.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 91.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 91.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 90.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 78.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/272092 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3461 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096821 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3461
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3461
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/272092 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3461 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096821 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3461 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3461 |
Change history (0)
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