CVE-2014-9718 (GCVE-0-2014-9718)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-21 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=32… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73316 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2014-11-14 00:00
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