CVE-2014-3615
Qemu: information leakage when guest sets high resolution
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · September 5, 2014
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An information leak flaw was found in the way QEMU's VGA emulator accessed frame buffer memory for high resolution displays. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to leak memory contents of the host to the guest by setting the display to use a high resolution in the guest.
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.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.9AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor