---
id: CVE-2024-4467
title: 'Qemu-kvm: ''qemu-img info'' leads to host file read/write'
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-787
vendor: Red Hat
product: qemu
affected:
  - qemu >= 4.0.0 < 9.1.0
  - 'virt:8.2 (all versions)'
  - 'virt:av (all versions)'
  - 'virt-devel:av (all versions)'
  - 'virt-devel:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt-devel:rhel (all versions)'
  - 'virt:rhel (all versions)'
  - qemu-kvm (all versions)
  - qemu-kvm (all versions)
  - qemu-kvm (all versions)
  - qemu-kvm
  - qemu-kvm
  - qemu-kvm
  - qemu-kvm-ma
  - 'virt:av/qemu-kvm (all versions)'
  - container-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-operator-rhel9 (all versions)
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2024-07-02T18:05:51.892288Z'
published: '2024-07-02'
updated: '2026-11-04'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-04T21:21:10.377Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4467'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4276'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4276'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4277'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4277'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4278'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4278'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4372'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4372'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4373'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4373'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4374'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4374'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4420'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4420'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4724'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4724'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4727'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4727'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4467'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278875'
    label: RHBZ#2278875
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00336
epssPercentile: 0.27143
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T21:36:00.610Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `qemu >= 4.0.0 < 9.1.0`
- `virt:8.2 (all versions)`
- `virt:av (all versions)`
- `virt-devel:av (all versions)`
- `virt-devel:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt-devel:rhel (all versions)`
- `virt:rhel (all versions)`
- `qemu-kvm (all versions)`
- `qemu-kvm (all versions)`
- `qemu-kvm (all versions)`
- `qemu-kvm`
- `qemu-kvm`
- `qemu-kvm`
- `qemu-kvm-ma`
- `virt:av/qemu-kvm (all versions)`
- `container-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-operator-rhel9 (all versions)`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.