5.5

CVE-2025-14876: Qemu-kvm: unbounded allocation in virtio-crypto

Deferred
AliasesSUSE-SU-2026:0832-1SUSE-SU-2026:0889-1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14876
Published 18-02-2026Last modified 19-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-14876 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.6% 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 · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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 7 · Related 7
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20357-1SUSE-SU-2026:0662-1SUSE-SU-2026:20666-1SUSE-SU-2026:20693-1SUSE-SU-2026:20716-1SUSE-SU-2026:2386-1

Timeline

  1. 18-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the virtio-crypto device of QEMU. A malicious guest operating system can exploit a missing length limit in the AKCIPHER path, leading to uncontrolled memory allocation. This can result in a denial of service (DoS) on the host system by causing the QEMU process to terminate unexpectedly.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.14% 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.

Suse5 products
  • qemu-linux-user&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7< 9.2.4-150700.3.17.1
  • qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 7.1.0-150500.49.39.2
  • qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7< 9.2.4-150700.3.17.1
  • qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7< 9.2.4-150700.3.17.1
  • qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7< 9.2.4-150700.3.17.1 | < 7.1.0-150500.49.39.2
Debian1 product
  • qemuAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:10.0.8+ds-0+deb13u1 | < 1:10.2.1+ds-1
Opensuse1 product
  • qemu&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 10.2.1-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.13 | < 1:10.1.0+ds-5ubuntu2.4

4 vendors · 8 products

References

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