qemu: cirrus: insufficient blit region checks
Published Dec 8, 2014
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.60%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator (hw/display/cirrus_vga.c) in QEMU before 2.2.0 allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1320.
Affected products
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OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0891
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0868
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.1.2-23.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0624
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0867
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-86.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0349
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0891
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.1.2-23.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0795
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.1.2-23.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0643
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0891 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0868 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.1.2-23.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0624 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0867 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-86.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0349 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0891 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.1.2-23.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0795 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.1.2-23.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0643 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, a future update may address this flaw. This issue affects the kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
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: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 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 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 46.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 43.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00243) | 45.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00100) | 42.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00100) | 41.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00100) | 39.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bf25983345ca44aec3dd92c57142be45452bd38a x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3532a0db02296e687711b8cdc7791924efccea0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154656.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-12/msg00508.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0349.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0624.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0643.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0795.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0867.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0868.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0891.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60364 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200892 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3087 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3088 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71477 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8106 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169454 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99126 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8106
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8106
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