{"id":"CVE-2019-14514","aliases":["EUVD-2019-5689","GHSA-8wfj-rf7c-w472"],"status":"published","title":"An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu all versions prior to 7.0.2. A guest Android operating...","description":"An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu all versions prior to 7.0.2. A guest Android operating system inside the MEmu emulator contains a /system/bin/systemd binary that is run with root privileges on startup (this is unrelated to Red Hat's systemd init program, and is a closed-source proprietary tool that seems to be developed by Microvirt). This program opens TCP port 21509, presumably to receive installation-related commands from the host OS. Because everything after the installer:uninstall command is concatenated directly into a system() call, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands by supplying shell metacharacters.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.07009,"percentile":0.94219,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"published":"2020-02-10T21:52:56Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:18:34Z","exploits":[{"source":"pocgithub","id":"seqred-s-a/cve-2019-14514","title":"seqred-s-a/cve-2019-14514","date":"2020-02-06","url":"https://github.com/seqred-s-a/cve-2019-14514"}],"products":[{"vendor":"microvirt","product":"memu"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/seqred-s-a/cve-2019-14514","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14514"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8wfj-rf7c-w472"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2019-14514","description":"An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu all versions prior to 7.0.2. 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A guest Android operating system inside the MEmu emulator contains a /system/bin/systemd binary that is run with root privileges on startup (this is unrelated to Red Hat's systemd init program, and is a closed-source proprietary tool that seems to be developed by Microvirt). This program opens TCP port 21509, presumably to receive installation-related commands from the host OS. Because everything after the installer:uninstall command is concatenated directly into a system() call, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands by supplying shell metacharacters.","status":"published","published":"2020-02-10T21:52:56Z","modified":"2024-08-05T00:19:41Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:40:39.076786Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-8wfj-rf7c-w472","title":"An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu all versions prior to 7.0.2. A guest Android operating...","description":"An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu all versions prior to 7.0.2. A guest Android operating system inside the MEmu emulator contains a /system/bin/systemd binary that is run with root privileges on startup (this is unrelated to Red Hat's systemd init program, and is a closed-source proprietary tool that seems to be developed by Microvirt). This program opens TCP port 21509, presumably to receive installation-related commands from the host OS. Because everything after the installer:uninstall command is concatenated directly into a system() call, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands by supplying shell metacharacters.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:08:23Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:01:37Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:44:52.185162Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2019-14514","description":"An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu all versions prior to 7.0.2. A guest Android operating system inside the MEmu emulator contains a /system/bin/systemd binary that is run with root privileges on startup (this is unrelated to Red Hat's systemd init program, and is a closed-source proprietary tool that seems to be developed by Microvirt). This program opens TCP port 21509, presumably to receive installation-related commands from the host OS. Because everything after the installer:uninstall command is concatenated directly into a system() call, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands by supplying shell metacharacters.","status":"published","published":"2020-02-11T12:15:20.32Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:18:34.16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":10,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:05:43.875329Z"}]}}