CVE-2014-0981

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
1.38% (72nd) EPSS
CVSS 4.4 · medium
Is it mine?
16 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

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cvss

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4.4
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.4

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.4
v2.03.7lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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exploits (1)

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affected products (16)

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also known as (3)

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published 2014-03-31modified 2026-06-17
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references (24)

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