ubuntu-cve-2014-7815
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-10-29 00:00
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-keymaps",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-kvm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-ppc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-x86",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user",
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          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "qemu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5",
        "1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6",
        "1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
        "1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3",
        "1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu5",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu7",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu8",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu9",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa1",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu7",
        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu2",
        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3",
        "2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.5",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7815",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:37Z",
  "published": "2014-10-29T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7815"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-10/msg03210.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2409-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7815"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2409-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-7815"
  ]
}



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