#VU94526 Resource exhaustion in QEMU - CVE-2024-4467

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#VU94526 Resource exhaustion in QEMU - CVE-2024-4467

Published: July 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94526
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4467
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the qemu-img utility when handling a specially crafted image file containing a "json:{}" value. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted image file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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