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CVE-2014-0148

Published: 29 September 2022

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Not vulnerable
(2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3)
upstream
Released (1.7.2, 2.0)
Patches:
other: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-03/msg04994.html
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1d7678dec4761acdc43439da6ceda41a703ba1a6

qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
quantal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
saucy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Patches:


other: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-03/msg04994.html

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H