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.
CVE-2014-0223
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 45.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 4, 2014
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (12)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67391
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-05/msg02156.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67391
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-05/msg02156.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2014-0223(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2014:1268Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
- RHSA-2014:1187Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
- RHSA-2014:1168Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: rhev-hypervisor6 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2014:1076Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2014:1075Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2014:0927Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-utils (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3) @ trusty | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7 | 2014-09-22 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14 | 2014-09-15 | redhat |
| redhat | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140821.1.el6ev | 2014-09-09 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14 | 2014-08-19 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 | 2014-07-23 | redhat |
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