The qcow2_open function in the (block/qcow2.c) in QEMU before 1.7.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted image which causes an error, related to the initialization of the snapshot_offset and nb_snapshots fields.
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=11b128f4062dd7f89b14abc8877ff20d41b28be9
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0420.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0421.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-08-10
Updated: 2017-11-04
Type: CWE-476
Base Score: 1.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.4
Severity: LOW
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM