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TI-2014-00142 Aliases CVE-2014-0148GHSA-jh89-xppm-m3xg

Infinite loop in Qemu

Priority LOW 25CWE-835Published · 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, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

Qemu before 2.0 block driver for Hyper-V VHDX Images is vulnerable to infinite loops and other potential issues when calculating BAT entries, due to missing bounds checks for block_size and logical_sector_size variables. These are used to derive other fields like 'sectors_per_block' etc. A user able to alter the Qemu disk image could ise this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00304 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Qemu: 2.0Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 8 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Qemubefore 2.02.0Patch availableCNA
  • Qemu Vendor— Affected before 2.0 Fixed in 2.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.0.0VulnerableQEMU
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_openstack_platform:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·QEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_openstack_platform:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Qemu Fixed in 2.0

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 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: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-0148
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jh89-xppm-m3xg

References

Patch 3

Advisory 2

Other 1

Sources

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