CVE-2014-7815
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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 | 7.0 | affected | |
| suse | 12 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.10 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.3 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.4 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.5 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.6 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.7 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.1+dfsg-7 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.1+dfsg-7 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.1+dfsg-7 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.1+dfsg-7 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.1+dfsg-7 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.1.3"} | |
| redhat | virtualization | 3.0 | |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6908bfe8e07f2b452e78e677da1b45b1c0f6829
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0349.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0624.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61484
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62143
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62144
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200892
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3066
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3067
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157641
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7815
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.