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.
History

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title qemu-kvm: Unbounded allocation in virtio-crypto Qemu-kvm: unbounded allocation in virtio-crypto
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title qemu-kvm: Unbounded allocation in virtio-crypto
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-18T20:47:54.302Z

Reserved: 2025-12-18T10:40:12.917Z

Link: CVE-2025-14876

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-18T21:16:20.947

Modified: 2026-02-18T21:16:20.947

Link: CVE-2025-14876

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-14876 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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