CVE-2020-12430

MEDIUM

libvirt 4.10.0-6.x - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

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