CVE-2014-3615: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The VGA emulator in QEMU allows local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only
• Qemu Qemu: up to and including 2.1.3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Openstack: version 5.0 only
• Red Hat Virtualization: version 3.0 only

Published 2014-11-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.