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CVE-2014-3461

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CVE-2014-3461 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in hw/usb/bus.c of QEMU version 1.6.2, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted savevm data. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3461Moderate

Qemu: usb: fix up post load checks

May 12, 2014

References

article.gmane.org / gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/272092
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html