CVE-2025-14876

MEDIUM EPSS 3.5%

Published Feb 18, 20264mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

5.5 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Feb 18, 2026 4mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

5.5

Exploitability

1.8

Impact

3.6

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

3.5% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-770

References 2

access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14876
bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423549

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.