First published: Tue Apr 21 2015(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.0 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.0-rc1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.0-rc2 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.0-rc3 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.0-rc4 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.0.1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.1-rc1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.1-rc2 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.1-rc3 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.1-rc4 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.4.1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.4.2 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.5.0 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.5.0-rc1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.5.0-rc2 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.5.0-rc3 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.5.1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.5.2 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.5.3 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.6.0 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.6.0-rc1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.6.0-rc2 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.6.0-rc3 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.6.1 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.6.2 | |
QEMU KVM | =1.7.1 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.0.0 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.0.0-rc0 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.0.0-rc1 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.0.0-rc2 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.0.0-rc3 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.0.2 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.0 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.0-rc0 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.0-rc1 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.0-rc2 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.0-rc3 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.0-rc5 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.1 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.2 | |
QEMU KVM | =2.1.3 |
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CVE-2014-9718 has been classified as high severity due to its potential to cause denial of service on host systems.
To fix CVE-2014-9718, upgrade to a patched version of QEMU, specifically versions after 2.1.3.
CVE-2014-9718 affects QEMU versions from 1.0 through 2.1.3.
CVE-2014-9718 allows guest OS users to exploit weaknesses that lead to memory consumption or infinite loops on the host.
CVE-2014-9718 is not limited to a specific operating system; it affects any host running the vulnerable versions of QEMU.