CVE-2014-0223

Summary

CVECVE-2014-0223
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-04 21:55:25 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.13.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.13.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.13.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.15.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.15.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.15.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.15.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.3.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.1-5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.0 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.0 rc4 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.0.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.1 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.1 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.1 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.1 rc4 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.4.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.4.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.5.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.5.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.5.0 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.5.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.5.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.5.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.6.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.6.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.6.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.6.0 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.6.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.6.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] qcow1: Validate image size (CVE-2014-0223) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Exploit
QEMU Image Size Validation Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: qemu-1.6.2-6.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[Qemu-stable] [ANNOUNCE] QEMU 1.7.2 Stable released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org Patch
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0929-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3044-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-0223 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1097222 – CVE-2014-0223 Qemu: qcow1: validate image size to avoid out-of-bounds memory access MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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