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CVE-2015-3214 Detail

Description

The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 and QEMU before 2.3.1 does not distinguish between read lengths and write lengths, which might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by triggering use of an invalid index.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1507.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1508.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1512.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75273 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032598 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/qemu CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/qemu CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37990/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg304138.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-3214
NVD Published Date:
08/31/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.