Description
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.
Published: 2020-04-28
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3778-1 libvirt security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4371-1 libvirt vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00633}

epss

{'score': 0.00717}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux Libvirt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:56:52.057Z

Reserved: 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-12430

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-28T20:15:12.717

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:59:42.750

Link: CVE-2020-12430

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-12430 - Bugzilla

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