CVE-2014-0145

CVE-2014-0145 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in QEMU versions prior to 1.7.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0, specifically impacting the QCOW2 and DMG block drivers. A local attacker could exploit these flaws by providing crafted input, such as large L1 tables or malformed chunk data, to trigger a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.