CVE-2014-0223
An integer overflow flaw was found in the QEMU block driver for QCOW version 1 disk images. A user able to alter the QEMU disk image files loaded by a guest could use this flaw to corrupt QEMU process memory on the host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.
Find out more about CVE-2014-0223 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:1187 | 2014-09-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2014:0927 | 2014-07-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:1187 | 2014-09-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2014:1075 | 2014-08-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:1268 | 2014-09-22 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2014:1168 | 2014-09-09 |
| RHEV Agents (vdsm) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:1076 | 2014-08-19 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Fix deferred |