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CVE-2025-14876

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CVE-2025-14876

Published: Feb 18, 2026

Modified: Feb 19, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Unknown

qemu

affected
7.1.0 - <= 10.2.0

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

References

RHBZ#2423549
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