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CVE-2014-0222 json

Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-0265

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.0+dfsg-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0222

  • qemu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0222

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • qemu-kvm-rhev openstack 5 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
  • qemu-img-rhev openstack 5 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
  • libcacard-rhev openstack 5 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
  • qemu-kvm-tools-rhev openstack 5 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
  • libcacard-devel-rhev openstack 5 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
  • libcacard-tools-rhev openstack 5 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
  • qemu-kvm-common-rhev openstack 5 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
  • qemu-kvm RHEL 7 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1268RHSA-2014:0927RHSA-2014:1168RHSA-2014:1187RHSA-2014:1076RHSA-2014:1075

  • xen SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 4.4.4_02-22.19.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP4 +1 more 4.4.4_02-32.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 4.5.2_06-7.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP4 +1 more 4.4.3_02-26.2
  • xen SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 4.4.3_02-22.12.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3 +2 more 4.2.5_14-18.2
  • xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS 4.2.5_20-24.9
  • xen SLES 11 SP2-LTSS 4.1.6_08-26.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1745-1SUSE-SU-2016:1318-1SUSE-SU-2016:1154-1SUSE-SU-2016:0955-1SUSE-SU-2016:0873-1SUSE-SU-2015:1894-1

  • xen openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.7.0_12-1.3
  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.0-32.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0222 updated cvss 4.3

Qemu: qcow1: validate L2 table size to avoid integer overflows

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, libcacard 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-guest-agent 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libcacard-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) qemu-kvm 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-guest-agent 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, libcacard 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, libcacard-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0927
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1075
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1187
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 1.5.3-60.el7_0.7, qemu-kvm-rhev 1.5.3-60.el7_0.7, libcacard-rhev 1.5.3-60.el7_0.7, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 1.5.3-60.el7_0.7, libcacard-devel-rhev 1.5.3-60.el7_0.7, libcacard-tools-rhev 1.5.3-60.el7_0.7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1268
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1075
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, libcacard 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-guest-agent 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libcacard-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0927
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1075
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, libcacard 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5, qemu-guest-agent 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libcacard-tools 1.5.3-60.el7_0.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0927
  • Red Hat RHEV Agents (vdsm) qemu-img-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-rhev 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools 0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1076
  • Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.5-20140821.1.el6ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1168

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Exploit prediction

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • lists.gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-05/msg02155.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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