Improper Privilege Management Affecting qemu package, versions <2.1+dfsg-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-QEMU-18321636
  • published27 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Nov 2014

Introduced: 14 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-3689  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest qemu to version 2.1+dfsg-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1