Unscored severity · published Apr 21, 2015
CVE-2014-9718
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…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
1.0; 1.0; 1.0; 1.0; 1.0; 1.0.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9718
git.qemu.org
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3251bdcf1c67427d964517053c3d185b46e618e8
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/7
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73316
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