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CVE-2014-0983

46
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0983 is an array index error vulnerability in Oracle VirtualBox versions 4.2.x through 4.2.20 and 4.3.x before 4.3.8, specifically when 3D Acceleration is enabled. This flaw allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the Chromium server by sending crafted CR_MESSAGE_OPCODES messages. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating public exploit code exists, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: VirtualBox 3D Acceleration Virtual Machine Escape · Mar 11, 2014
ExploitDB: EDB-34334 · Aug 14, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0819 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/95
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/57384
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-27
virtualbox.org / changeset/50441/vbox
coresecurity.com / advisories/oracle-virtualbox-3d-acceleration-multiple-memory-corruption-vulnerabilities
Exploit
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2904
exploit-db.com / exploits/32208
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/531418/100/0/threaded