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.
Published: 2024-07-02
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-44082 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7744-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-787

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00075}

epss

{'score': 0.00058}


Wed, 21 May 2025 01:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Aug 2024 20:30:00 +0000

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References

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:45:00 +0000

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Title Qemu: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write Qemu-kvm: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write

Subscriptions

Redhat Advanced Virtualization Container Native Virtualization Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-25T20:31:18.164Z

Reserved: 2024-05-03T09:44:14.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-4467

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-22T18:03:16.787Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-02T16:15:05.423

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-4467

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-07-02T15:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-4467 - Bugzilla

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