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qemu — security advisory
hw/usb/bus.c in QEMU 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted savevm data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to "USB post load checks."
- Products
- qemu
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.1+dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-3461
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
hw/usb/bus.c in QEMU 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted savevm data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to "USB post load checks."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3461
qemu
Fixed versions: 2.1+dfsg-1
qemu
Fixed versions: 2.1+dfsg-1
qemu
Fixed versions: 2.1+dfsg-1
Complete source record
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