CVE-2020-12430
moderate-risk
Published 2020-04-28
An issue was discovered in qemuDomainGetStatsIOThread in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt 4.10.0 though 6.x before 6.1.0. A memory leak was found in the virDomainListGetStats libvirt API that is responsible for retrieving domain statistics when managing QEMU guests. This flaw allows unprivileged users with a read-only connection to cause a memory leak in the domstats command, resulting in a potential denial of service.
Do I need to act?
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0.86% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
Affected Vendors
References (14)
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1804548
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828190
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1804548
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828190
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
7/34 · Low