Improper Input Validation Affecting qemu package, versions <2.1+dfsg-8
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
7.88% (95th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1557931
- published 12 Dec 2014
- disclosed 12 Dec 2014
Introduced: 12 Dec 2014
CVE-2014-7840 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 qemu to version 2.1+dfsg-8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
The host_from_stream_offset function in arch_init.c in QEMU, when loading RAM during migration, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) offset or (2) length value in savevm data.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7840
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=0be839a2701369f669532ea5884c15bead1c6e08
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/306117
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163075
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0349.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0624.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7840
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99194
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0be839a2701369f669532ea5884c15bead1c6e08
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0349
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0624
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7840