5.5

CVE-2014-3471: qemu Use After Free

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-3471DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3471
Published 12-01-2018Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3471 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use After Free vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
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 1 · Related 1
USN-2342-1

Timeline

  1. 12-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/pci/pcie.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) via hotplug and hotunplug operations of Virtio block devices.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.40% 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

Affected systems

Version check

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

Debian1 product
  • qemu< 2.1+dfsg-1
Qemu1 product
  • qemu≤ 2.1.2 | 2.1.2:r1
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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