CVE-2020-12430 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2020-12430 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.88% · 75.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.88%

75.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	libvirt	0, 5.4.0-0ubuntu5, 6.0.0-0ubuntu1

Timeline

Apr 28, 2020 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12430 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4371-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12430 third-party-advisory

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