CVE-2014-9718
Description
The (1) BMDMA and (2) AHCI HBA interfaces in the IDE functionality in QEMU 1.0 through 2.1.3 have multiple interpretations of a function's return value, which allows guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service (memory consumption or infinite loop, and system crash) via a PRDT with zero complete sectors, related to the bmdma_prepare_buf and ahci_dma_prepare_buf functions.
Predictions
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 | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
References
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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