CVE-2012-4423
The virNetServerProgramDispatchCall function in libvirt before 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault) via an RPC call with (1) an
02 Description
The virNetServerProgramDispatchCall function in libvirt before 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault) via an RPC call with (1) an
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-11-19 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d3031a3877edede012ba8a82b32bb2afd08cb809ded2b65cb9304af8ce450c53
05 Affected products
06 References
- libvirt.orghttp://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f8fbeb50d52520a109d71c8566fed2ea600650ec
- libvirt.orghttp://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7ff9e696063189a715802d081d55a398663c15a
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-15640http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090121.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-15634http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089976.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0274http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.html
- www.securitytracker.com1027649http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027649
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857133
- www.redhat.com[libvirt] 20120912 [PATCH] Fix libvirtd crash possibilityhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-September/msg00843.html
- www.securityfocus.com55541http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55541
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1359http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1359.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1708-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1708-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120913 Re: CVE Request -- libvirt: null function pointer invocation in virNetServerProgramDispatchCall()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/14
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libvirt Fixed in 0.9.12-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libvirt Fixed in 0.9.12-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libvirt Fixed in 0.9.12-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.