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CVE-2014-7840

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-7840 describes a critical vulnerability in QEMU, specifically within the host_from_stream_offset function, affecting QEMU and Red Hat products. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating offset or length values in savevm data during RAM migration. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been identified, the vulnerability's severity warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0411 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.1.2-23.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-86.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-7840Moderate

qemu: insufficient parameter validation during ram load

Nov 12, 2014

References

git.qemu.org
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0349.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0624.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/99194
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
thread.gmane.org / gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/306117
Broken Link