CVE-2014-0981

VBox/GuestHost/OpenGL/util/net.c in Oracle VirtualBox before 3.2.22, 4.0.x
before 4.0.24, 4.1.x before 4.1.32, 4.2.x before 4.2.24, and 4.3.x before
4.3.8, when using 3D Acceleration allows local guest OS users to execute
arbitrary code on the Chromium server via crafted Chromium network pointer
in a (1) CR_MESSAGE_READBACK or (2) CR_MESSAGE_WRITEBACK message to the
VBoxSharedCrOpenGL service, which triggers an arbitrary pointer dereference
and memory corruption. NOTE: this issue was MERGED with CVE-2014-0982
because it is the same type of vulnerability affecting the same set of
versions. All CVE users should reference CVE-2014-0981 instead of
CVE-2014-0982.

Bugs

• <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741602&gt;
• <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1307725&gt;