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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

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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