CVE-2013-4536

Publication date 20 February 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

An user able to alter the savevm data (either on the disk or over the wire during migration) could use this flaw to to corrupt QEMU process memory on the (destination) host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
qemu-kvm 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.17
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

same patch as CVE-2013-4535

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H