CVE-2014-0223

Public Exploit

Description

Integer 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.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67391 vdb entry
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-05/msg02156.html mailing list exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html vendor advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html mailing list patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-0223?
CVE-2014-0223 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-0223?
To fix CVE-2014-0223, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-0223 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-0223 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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