CVE-2014-0142

Publication date 26 March 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

QEMU, possibly before 2.0.0, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero value in the (1) tracks field to the seek_to_sector function in block/parallels.c or (2) extent_size field in the bochs function in block/bochs.c.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
qemu-kvm 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.17
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.24

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu
qemu-kvm

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2342-1
    • QEMU vulnerabilities
    • 8 September 2014

Other references