Buffer overflow in Libvirt

CVE-2009-0036

Buffer overflow in the proxyReadClientSocket function in proxy/libvirt_proxy.c in libvirt_proxy 0.5.1 might allow local users to gain privileges by sending a portion of the header of a virProxyPacket packet, and then sending the remainder of the packet with crafted values in the header, related to use of uninitialized memory in a validation check.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (64.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Libvirt — versions 0.5.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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