CVE-2014-7815
The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value.
02 Description
The set_pixel_format function in ui/vnc.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small bytes_per_pixel value.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-11-14 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0c7c6151213a6796313b38a0a9682957ef98e251caa657acd5bd3190afce2c94
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com61484http://secunia.com/advisories/61484
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0624http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0624.html
- secunia.com62144http://secunia.com/advisories/62144
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157641
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1782http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html
- secunia.com62143http://secunia.com/advisories/62143
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0349http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0349.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3067http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3067
- git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6908bfe8e07f2b452e78e677da1b45b1c0f6829
- support.citrix.comhttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200892
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2409-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3066http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3066
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 2.1+dfsg-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 2.1+dfsg-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 2.1+dfsg-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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