4.9

CVE-2014-9718: debian debian_linux Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9718DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9718
Published 21-04-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9718 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.41%
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 9 · Related 8
DSA-3259-1SUSE-SU-2016:0873-1SUSE-SU-2016:0955-1SUSE-SU-2016:1318-1SUSE-SU-2016:1560-1SUSE-SU-2016:1698-1

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.41% 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, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
Qemu1 product
  • qemu1.0 | 1.0:rc1 | 1.0:rc2 | 1.0:rc3 | 1.0:rc4 | 1.0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1:rc1 | 1.1:rc2 | 1.1:rc3 | 1.1:rc4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0:rc1 | 1.5.0:rc2 | 1.5.0:rc3 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.0:rc1 | 1.6.0:rc2 | 1.6.0:rc3 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.7.1 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.0:rc0 | 2.0.0:rc1 | 2.0.0:rc2 | 2.0.0:rc3 | 2.0.2 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0:rc0 | 2.1.0:rc1 | 2.1.0:rc2 | 2.1.0:rc3 | 2.1.0:rc5 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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