CVE-2014-2894

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2894
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-23 15:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the cmd_smart function in the smart self test in hw/ide/core.c in QEMU before 2.0 allows local users to have unspecified impact via a SMART EXECUTE OFFLINE command that triggers a buffer underflow and memory corruption.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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 1.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.2.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.2.0 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.2.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.2.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.3.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.3.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.3.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.3.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.4.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 1.4.0 rc1 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH for 2.0] ide: Correct improper smart self test count af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org
Security Advisory SA57945 - Qemu IDE SMART EXECUTE OFFLINE Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
QEMU IDE SMART Out of Bounds Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for 2.0] ide: Correct improper smart self test c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for 2.0] ide: Correct improper smart self test c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org
oss-security - CVE request Qemu: out of bounds buffer access, guest triggerable via IDE SMART af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-2182-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request Qemu: out of bounds buffer access, guest triggerable via IDE SMART af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA58191 - Ubuntu update for qemu - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-2894 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1087971 – CVE-2014-2894 QEMU: out of bounds buffer accesses, guest triggerable via IDE SMART 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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