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01 Record

CVE-2017-2635

A NULL pointer deference flaw was found in the way libvirt from 2.5.0 to 3.0.0 handled empty drives. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd daemon resulting in denial of

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score7.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

02 Description

A NULL pointer deference flaw was found in the way libvirt from 2.5.0 to 3.0.0 handled empty drives. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd daemon resulting in denial of

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
1.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 74.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
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
2018-08-22 21:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 14:02Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-12-01
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.7)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5c10f39df61ae996e1285ee1d9155f57bd73fa724071d7ce7b77b7546ab0ba71

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
The libvirt Projectlibvirtfrom 2.5.0 to 3.0.0—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • libvirt
    Fixed in 3.0.0-3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libvirt
    Fixed in 3.0.0-3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libvirt
    Fixed in 3.0.0-3

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.