CVE-2025-14876
Qemu-kvm: unbounded allocation in virtio-crypto
Summary
Qemu-kvm: unbounded allocation in virtio-crypto
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in the virtio-crypto device of QEMU. A malicious guest operating system can exploit a missing length limit in the AKCIPHER path, leading to uncontrolled memory allocation. This can result in a denial of service (DoS) on the host system by causing the QEMU process to terminate unexpectedly.
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-14876 qemu
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14876 qemu
References
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package gitlab.com
- report bugzilla.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com