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CVE-2014-9718

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2724-1

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

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*SSVC
Descriptions

The (1) BMDMA and (2) AHCI HBA interfaces in the IDE functionality in QEMU 1.0 through 2.1.3 have multiple interpretations of a function's return value, which allows guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service (memory consumption or infinite loop, and system crash) via a PRDT with zero complete sectors, related to the bmdma_prepare_buf and ahci_dma_prepare_buf functions.

Las interfaces (1) BMDMA y (2) AHCI HBA en la funcionalidad IDE en QEMU 1.0 hasta 2.1.3 tienen múltiples interpretaciones del valor de retorno de una función, lo que permite a usarios del sistema operativo invitado causar una denegación de servicio en el sistema operativo del anfitrión (corrupción de memoria o bucle infinito, y caída del sistema) a través de un PRDT sin ningun sector completo, relacionado con las funciones bmdma_prepare_buf y ahci_dma_prepare_buf.

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled a PRDT with zero complete sectors in the IDE functionality. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Donghai Zhu discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the RTL8139 driver. A malicious guest could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information from arbitrary host memory. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2015-04-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2015-04-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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8.0
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.0
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.0
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rc1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.0
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rc2
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.0
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rc3
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.0
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rc4
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.0.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.1
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rc1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.4.1
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Qemu
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1.4.2
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Qemu
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1.5.0
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Qemu
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1.5.0
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rc1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.5.0
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rc2
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.5.0
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rc3
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.5.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.5.2
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.5.3
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.6.0
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1.6.0
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Qemu
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1.6.0
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1.6.0
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1.6.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.6.2
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Qemu
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Qemu
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1.7.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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2.0.0
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Qemu
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2.0.0
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Qemu
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2.0.0
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Qemu
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2.0.0
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2.0.0
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Qemu
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2.0.2
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Qemu
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Qemu
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2.1.0
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Qemu
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Qemu
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2.1.0
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rc0
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Qemu
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Qemu
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2.1.0
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2.1.0
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2.1.0
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Qemu
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2.1.0
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rc5
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Qemu
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Qemu
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2.1.1
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Qemu
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Qemu
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2.1.2
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Qemu
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Qemu
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2.1.3
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