CVE-2014-0148
What it is
Qemu before 2.0 block driver for Hyper-V VHDX Images is vulnerable to infinite loops and other potential issues when calculating BAT entries, due to missing bounds checks for block_size and logical_sector_size variables. These are used to derive other fields like 'sectors_per_block' etc. A user able to alter the Qemu disk image could ise this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Qemu < 2.0.0
- Redhat Virtualization 3.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.5
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Openstack Platform 5
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 6.5
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 6.5
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2014-0148.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2014-0148. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078212
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-03/msg04994.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078212
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-03/msg04994.html
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d7678dec4761acdc43439da6ceda41a703ba1a6
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0420.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0421.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078212
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-03/msg04994.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d7678dec4761acdc43439da6ceda41a703ba1a6
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0420.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0421.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078212
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-03/msg04994.html