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CVE-2014-2894

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2894 describes an off-by-one error in the cmd_smart function within QEMU versions prior to 2.0. This flaw, located in hw/ide/core.c, allows local users to trigger a buffer underflow and memory corruption through a crafted SMART EXECUTE OFFLINE command. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), the vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.2
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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_5.10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2894Moderate

QEMU: out of bounds buffer accesses, guest triggerable via IDE SMART

Apr 14, 2014

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0704.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html
secunia.com / advisories/57945
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/58191
lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-04/msg02016.html
lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-04/msg02095.html
lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-04/msg02152.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/18/5
securityfocus.com / bid/66932
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2182-1