Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2020-12430
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: 0.023 (81.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0
- Redhat Libvirt
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12430?
- CVE-2020-12430 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-28.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12430?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.