medium4.9
CVE-2014-9718
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 …
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Qemu | Qemu | Versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3251bdcf1c67427d964517053c3d185b46e618e8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73316
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3251bdcf1c67427d964517053c3d185b46e618e8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73316