CVE-2019-3840

Published Mar 27, 2019

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in libvirt before version 5.0.0 in the way it gets interface information through the QEMU agent. An attacker in a guest VM can use this flaw to crash libvirtd and cause a denial of service.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.3
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.5
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-476
secalert@redhat.com
CWE-476

Configurations