CVE-2020-12430
MEDIUMlibvirt 4.10.0-6.x - DoS
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0086
EPSS Percentile
74.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Affected Products (2)
redhat/libvirt
< 6.1.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
Timeline
Published
Apr 28, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026