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CVE-2020-12430 json

An issue was discovered in qemuDomainGetStatsIOThread in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt 4.10.0 though 6.x before 6.1.0.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4742

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • redhat libvirt 6.1.0
  • libvirt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.4.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12430

  • libvirt Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 6.0.0-0ubuntu6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12430

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libvirt SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 5.1.0-13.6.2
  • libvirt SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 5.1.0-8.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1277-1SUSE-SU-2020:1208-1

  • libvirt openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.9.0-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14490-1

  • libvirt Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 5.5.0-r1
  • libvirt Alpine 3.11 5.9.0-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-12430

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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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-2020-12430 updated cvss 6.5

libvirt: memory leak in domstats may allow read-only user to perform DoS attack

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization libvirt, libvirt-nss, libvirt-libs, libvirt-admin, libvirt-client, libvirt-daemon, +22 more
    affected: no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libvirt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvirt, libvirt-client, libvirt-python, libvirt-lock-sanlock Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libvirt, libvirt-nss, libvirt-libs, libvirt-admin, libvirt-client, libvirt-daemon, +24 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libvirt, libvirt-nss, libvirt-libs, libvirt-admin, libvirt-client, libvirt-daemon, +22 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

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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