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CVE-2014-0144

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0144 describes a critical vulnerability in QEMU versions prior to 2.0.0, affecting its block drivers for formats like CLOOP and QCOW2. This flaw, stemming from missing input validations, can lead to memory corruptions, integer/buffer overflows, or crashes. With a CVSS score of 8.6 (High), it allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host with QEMU process privileges, requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_openstack_platform:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0144Moderate

Qemu: block: missing input validation

Mar 26, 2014

References

git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
git.qemu.org
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0420.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0421.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
vulnerabilitycenter.com