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Red Hat CVE-2025-14876

MEDIUM
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
2026-02-18 patrick@puiterwijk.org
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 21:55 vuln.today
CVE Published
Feb 18, 2026 - 21:16 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

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. [CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM]

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability (CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) exists in the a denial of component. 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.

Affected ProductsAI

Component: a denial of.

RemediationAI

Monitor vendor advisories for a patch.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-6.56 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-7.24 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/rt-os-container:2.1.3-7.58 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:13.2-9.16 Image SL-Micro Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:2.1.3-6.122 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/baremetal-os-container:2.2.1-7.52 Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/base-os-container:2.2.1-5.72 Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/rt-os-container:2.2.1-5.66 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/kvm-os-container:2.2.1-5.75 Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5:2.0.4-3.5.481 Affected

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CVE-2025-14876 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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