CVE-2024-4467

Publication date 2 July 2024

Last updated 15 September 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	25.10 questing	Fixed 1:9.0.2+ds-4ubuntu2
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 1:9.0.2+ds-4ubuntu2
	24.10 oracular	Fixed 1:9.0.2+ds-4ubuntu2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.10
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.27
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2024-07/msg00661.html Upstream: bd385a5 Upstream: 2eb42a7 Upstream: 7e11106 Upstream: 7ead946

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7744-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
11 September 2025