CVE-2014-0146
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The qcow2_open function in the (block/qcow2.c) in QEMU before 1.7.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted image which causes an error, related to the initialization of the snapshot_offset and nb_snapshots fields.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.0.0+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.0.0+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.0.0+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.0.0+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.0.0+dfsg-1 |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11b128f4062dd7f89b14abc8877ff20d41b28be9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0420.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0421.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078232
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0146
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.