CVE-2024-4467

Publication date 2 July 2024

Last updated 9 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image file containing a `json:{}` value describing block devices in QMP could cause the qemu-img process on the host to consume large amounts of memory or CPU time, leading to denial of service or read/write to an existing external file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 1:9.0.2+ds-4ubuntu2
25.10 questing
Fixed 1:9.0.2+ds-4ubuntu2
25.04 plucky
Fixed 1:9.0.2+ds-4ubuntu2
24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:9.0.2+ds-4ubuntu2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.10
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.27
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.30+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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