CVE-2015-3214 (GCVE-0-2015-3214)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-31 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1037 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2010-02-24 00:00
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