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TI-2014-00136 Aliases CVE-2014-0142GHSA-cgcg-9vhg-7fq9

QEMU, possibly before 2.0.0, allows local users to cause a denial of service…

Priority LOW 25CWE-369Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-369.

Summary

QEMU, possibly before 2.0.0, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero value in the (1) tracks field to the seek_to_sector function in block/parallels.c or (2) extent_size field in the bochs function in block/bochs.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00382 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 8 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.0.0VulnerableQEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·QEMU

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2014:0674 Released 2014-06-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    rhev-hypervisor6 3.4.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6-6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
  • RHSA-2014:0434 Released 2014-04-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 qemu-img-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
  • RHSA-2014:0435 Released 2014-04-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 qemu-img-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2014:0420 Released 2014-04-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-guest-agent-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 +1
  • RHSA-2014:0421 Released 2014-04-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • RHEV Agents (vdsm) qemu-img-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8, qemu-kvm-rhev-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)AffectedNo fix yet
RHEV Agents (vdsm)Fixed RHSA-2014:0421
RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6Fixed RHSA-2014:0674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:0420
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:0420
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0Fixed RHSA-2014:0435
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0Fixed RHSA-2014:0434
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:0420
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:0420
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-0142
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cgcg-9vhg-7fq9

References

Advisory 4

Other 2

  • TI-2024-16148 QEMU before 8.2.0 has an integer underflow, and resultant buffer overflow, via a TI… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-02736 Uncontrolled resource consumption in QEMU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-02681 Qemu: 9pfs: improper access control on special files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2019-09678 The QMP migrate command in QEMU version 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-03326 Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum() CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-22631 QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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