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TI-2019-10816 Aliases CVE-2019-14514GHSA-8wfj-rf7c-w472

An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu all versions prior to 7.0.2.

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07009 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microvirt:memu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 7.0.2VulnerableMicrovirt
  • cpe:2.3:a:microvirt:memu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·Microvirt

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14514
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8wfj-rf7c-w472

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2019-15621 Memu Play 6.0.7 Privilege Escalation via Insecure File Permissions CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2018-14640 An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu 6.0.6. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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