CVE-2014-2894

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Off-by-one error in the cmd_smart function in the smart self test in hw/ide/core.c in QEMU before 2.0 allows local users to have unspecified impact via a SMART EXECUTE OFFLINE command that triggers a buffer underflow and memory corruption.

Affected products

QEMU: through 1.7.1; 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5 (+98)

References

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

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