VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-12430
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108