Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-img package, versions <10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUIMG-4982248
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2014

Introduced: 14 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-2894  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-img to version 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0704.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-img package and not the qemu-img package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one error in the cmd_smart function in the smart self test in hw/ide/core.c in QEMU before 2.0 allows local users to have unspecified impact via a SMART EXECUTE OFFLINE command that triggers a buffer underflow and memory corruption.

CVSS Scores

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