CVE-2014-5388

Qemu: out of bounds memory access

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 2.0

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Published · August 19, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Off-by-one error in the pci_read function in the ACPI PCI hotplug interface (hw/acpi/pcihp.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information and have other unspecified impact related to a crafted PCI device that triggers memory corruption.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue does not affect the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

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 · 2.9
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer