Qemu: information leakage when guest sets high resolution
Published Nov 1, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
The VGA emulator in QEMU allows local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.3
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
Configuration 4
- 5.0
- 3.0
Running on/with
- 7.0
Configuration 5
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
No data.
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1670
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1669
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1941
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1670 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1669 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1941 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 2, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 36.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 35.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 22.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ab9509cceabef28071e41bdfa073083859c949a7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c1b886c45dc70f247300f549dce9833f3fa2def5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1669.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1670.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1941.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61829 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200892 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69654 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3615 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139115 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3615
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3615
Change history (0)
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