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CVE-2014-0145 json

Multiple buffer overflows in QEMU before 1.7.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly exe…

published 2017-08-10 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-0204

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in QEMU before 1.7.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) L1 table in the qcow2_snapshot_load_tmp in the QCOW 2 block driver (block/qcow2-snapshot.c) or (2) uncompressed chunk, (3) chunk length, or (4) number of sectors in the DMG block driver (block/dmg.c).

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.0+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0145

  • rhev-hypervisor6 RHEL 6 6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
  • qemu-kvm-rhev RHEL 6, openstack 4, openstack 3 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
  • qemu-img-rhev RHEL 6, openstack 4, openstack 3 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
  • qemu-kvm-rhev-tools RHEL 6, openstack 4, openstack 3 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
  • qemu-kvm RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
  • qemu-img RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
  • qemu-kvm-tools RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
  • qemu-guest-agent RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0674RHSA-2014:0435RHSA-2014:0434RHSA-2014:0421RHSA-2014:0420

  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6.1-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10233-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0145 updated cvss 4.3

Qemu: prevent possible buffer overflows

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) qemu-kvm-rhev
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0420
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0435
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0434
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0420
  • Red Hat RHEV Agents (vdsm) qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0421
  • Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0674
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, libcacard, qemu-kvm-tools, libcacard-tools, qemu-kvm-common, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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