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GHSA-r8xf-5287-837j

GHSA-r8xf-5287-837j PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

libvirt version before 4.2.0-rc1 is vulnerable to a resource exhaustion as a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5748 that affects QEMU monitor but now also triggered via QEMU guest agent.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

  • May 14, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (4 in total, the first dated here)

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