What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-0981?

CVE-2014-0981 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 6.5%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2014-0981?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2014-0981. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 6.5%.

Vm Virtualbox CVE-2014-0981

MEDIUM

Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

2014-03-31 cve@mitre.org

RCE Google Buffer Overflow Oracle Vm Virtualbox

4.4

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.4 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 31, 2014 - 14:58 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.4

DescriptionCVE.org

VBox/GuestHost/OpenGL/util/net.c in Oracle VirtualBox before 3.2.22, 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.32, 4.2.x before 4.2.24, and 4.3.x before 4.3.8, when using 3D Acceleration allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the Chromium server via crafted Chromium network pointer in a (1) CR_MESSAGE_READBACK or (2) CR_MESSAGE_WRITEBACK message to the VBoxSharedCrOpenGL service, which triggers an arbitrary pointer dereference and memory corruption. NOTE: this issue was MERGED with CVE-2014-0982 because it is the same type of vulnerability affecting the same set of versions. All CVE users should reference CVE-2014-0981 instead of CVE-2014-0982.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. VBox/GuestHost/OpenGL/util/net.c in Oracle VirtualBox before 3.2.22, 4.0.x before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.32, 4.2.x before 4.2.24, and 4.3.x before 4.3.8, when using 3D Acceleration allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the Chromium server via crafted Chromium network pointer in a (1) CR_MESSAGE_READBACK or (2) CR_MESSAGE_WRITEBACK message to the VBoxSharedCrOpenGL service, which triggers an arbitrary pointer dereference and memory corruption. NOTE: this issue was MERGED with CVE-2014-0982 because it is the same type of vulnerability affecting the same set of versions. All CVE users should reference CVE-2014-0981 instead of CVE-2014-0982. Affected products include: Oracle Vm Virtualbox. Version information: before 3.2.22.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.