CVE-2014-9718
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-9718 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2015-04-21 16:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | 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 | 1.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.0 | - | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.0 | rc0 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.0 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.0 | rc0 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.0 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.0 | rc5 | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Qemu | Qemu | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3259-1 qemu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| QEMU PRDT Data Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request Qemu: malicious PRDT flow from guest to host | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | openwall.com | |
| git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.qemu.org | |
| git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit | MITRE | git.qemu.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.