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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-8131

The qemu implementation of virConnectGetAllDomainStats in libvirt before 1.2.11 does not properly handle locks when a domain is skipped due to ACL restrictions, which allows a remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (deadlock or…

MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 1.46%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The qemu implementation of virConnectGetAllDomainStats in libvirt before 1.2.11 does not properly handle locks when a domain is skipped due to ACL restrictions, which allows a remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (deadlock or segmentation fault and crash) via a request to access the users does not have privileges to access.

CVSS 2.0
4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
1.46% probability · 72th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
redhat/libvirt
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.