CVE-2014-7840 Information

Description

The host_from_stream_offset function in arch_init.c in QEMU when loading RAM during migration allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) offset or (2) length value in savevm data.

Reference

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=0be839a2701369f669532ea5884c15bead1c6e08 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0349.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0624.html http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/306117 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163075 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99194