CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-0223

MEDIUM

4.6

CVSS v2

Description

Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read.

How to fix

Remediation Available

qemuDebian

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-6CVE-2014-0223

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-6CVE-2014-0223

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-6CVE-2014-0223

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-6CVE-2014-0223

qemuUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-systemUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-system-aarch64Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-system-armUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-system-mipsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-system-miscUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-system-ppcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-system-sparcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

qemu-system-x86Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3USN-2342-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

45thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 45% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

lists.nongnu.org

Exploit1

lists.gnu.org

Other references4

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CVE-2007-0071	High	9.3	93%	-	-
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CVE-2015-3864	High	10.0	87%	-	-
CVE-2015-1539	High	10.0	86%	-	-

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