CVE-2014-0144: qemu Improper Input Validation

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0144DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0144

Published 11-02-2020Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0144 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

8.6/10

010

High · v3.1 (NVD)

EPSS score

1.01%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 2

DSA-3044-1 DSA-3045-1 MGASA-2014-0426 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10233-1 RHSA-2014:0420 RHSA-2014:0421+4 more

Timeline

11-02-2020
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

QEMU before 2.0.0 block drivers for CLOOP, QCOW2 version 2 and various other image formats are vulnerable to potential memory corruptions, integer/buffer overflows or crash caused by missing input validations which could allow a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

v3.18.6

EPSS trend

Probability

1.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.01% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat8 products

Show all 8

Debian1 product

qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-1

Qemu1 product

qemu< 2.0.0

Ubuntu1 product

qemu< 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3

4 vendors · 11 products

References

20 links

git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24342f2cae47d03911e346fe1e520b00dc2818e0X Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2d51c32c4b511db8bb9e58208f1e2c25e4c06c85X Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5dab2faddc8eaa1fb1abdbe2f502001fc13a1b21X Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63fa06dc978f3669dbfd9443b33cde9e2a7f4b41X Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d4b9e55fc625514a38d27cff4b9933f617fa7dcX Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b103b36d6ef3b11827c203d3a793bf7da50ecd6X Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97f1c45c6f456572e5b504b8614e4a69e23b8e3aX Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a1b3955c9415b1e767c130a2f59fee6aa28e575bX Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce48f2f441ca98885267af6fd636a7cb804ee646X Refsource MISC
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d65f97a82c4ed48374a764c769d4ba1ea9724e97X Refsource MISC

Show all 20 references

git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f56b9bc3ae20fc93815b34aa022be919941406ceX Refsource MISC
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079240X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0420.htmlX Refsource MISCThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0421.htmlX Refsource MISCThird Party Advisory
www.vulnerabilitycenter.comX Refsource MISC
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0144REPORT
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26REPORT
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2342-1Advisory
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0144REPORT
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0144Advisory