qemu: virtio: out-of-bounds buffer write on state load with invalid config_len
Published Nov 4, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.41%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the virtio_load function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted config length in a savevm image.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.7.1
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.1.3
- 0.1.4
- 0.1.5
- 0.1.6
- 0.2.0
- 0.3.0
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.5
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.1-5
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.10.5
- 0.10.6
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.0-rc0
- 0.11.0-rc1
- 0.11.0-rc2
- 0.11.1
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.1
- 0.12.2
- 0.12.3
- 0.12.4
- 0.12.5
- 0.13.0
- 0.13.0
- 0.13.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.1
- 0.15.0
- 0.15.0
- 0.15.1
- 0.15.2
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0888
OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0888
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0744
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0743
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0927
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1268
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-rhev
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0888 |
| OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0888 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0744 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0743 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0927 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1268 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05412) | 92.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.31% (0.05310) | 91.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.50% (0.03495) | 86.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.99% (0.10987) | 89.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.50% (0.03495) | 86.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.94% (0.07937) | 94.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.94% (0.07937) | 93.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 91.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 91.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 90.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 78.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a890a2f9137ac3cf5b607649e66a6f3a5512d8dc x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0182 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088986 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0182
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0182
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a890a2f9137ac3cf5b607649e66a6f3a5512d8dc | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0182 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088986 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0182 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0182 |
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