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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.6/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67391
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-05/msg02156.htmlExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67391
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-05/msg02156.htmlExploit
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 4, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified