| Name | CVE-2024-4467 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1075824 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.2.0+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| qemu | source | bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:9.0.1+ds-1 | | | 1075824 |
Notes
[bullseye] - qemu <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278875
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/bd385a5298d7062668e804d73944d52aec9549f1
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/2eb42a728d27a43fdcad5f37d3f65706ce6deba5
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/7e1110664ecbc4826f3c978ccb06b6c1bce823e6
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/7ead946998610657d38d1a505d5f25300d4ca613
[buster] - qemu <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along with next update round)
[stretch] - qemu <postponed> (Minor issue, fix along with next update round)