# CVE-2014-0142: Denial of service in n/a

> Local users can crash QEMU via divide-by-zero errors in disk image handling, affecting virtualization infrastructure stability.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0142, GHSA-cgcg-9vhg-7fq9

## What is CVE-2014-0142?

CVE-2014-0142 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 10 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

QEMU, possibly before 2.0.0, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero value in the (1) tracks field to the seek_to_sector function in block/parallels.c or (2) extent_size field in the bochs function in block/bochs.c.

Weakness: CWE-369 (Divide By Zero)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0142?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qemu Qemu.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0142?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-0142 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2022-36648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36648/): Null dereference in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-8556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8556/): Race condition in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3616/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-12928](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12928/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0142 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0142 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 10 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qemu Qemu. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0142/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0142/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0142
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0142
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0142

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0142/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.