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CVE-2013-2124 json

Double free vulnerability in inspect-fs.c in LibguestFS 1.20.x before 1.20.7, 1.21.x, 1.22.0, and 1.23.0 allows remote attackers to cause a…

published 2014-05-27 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-2092

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Double free vulnerability in inspect-fs.c in LibguestFS 1.20.x before 1.20.7, 1.21.x, 1.22.0, and 1.23.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via empty guest files.

Patch / fix

  • libguestfs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.20.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2124

  • libguestfs openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.32.4-11.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10032-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2124 updated cvss 4.3

libguestfs: DoS (abort) due to a double free flaw when inspecting certain guest files / images

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guestfish, libguestfs, libguestfs-java, ruby-libguestfs, libguestfs-mount, libguestfs-tools, +5 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/fa6a76050d82894365dfe32916903ef7fee3ffcd referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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