CVE-2025-14876
February 18, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/qemu/qemu.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v10.1.0 <v10.1.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v10.1.4https://github.com/qemu/qemu.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v10.0.0 <v10.0.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v10.0.8https://github.com/qemu/qemu.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v7.1.0 <v10.2.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v10.2.0Related Resources (2)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
EPSS
Base Score:
0.01
