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CVE-2012-2693
libvirt, possibly before 0.9.12, does not properly assign USB devices to virtual machines when multiple devices have the same vendor and…
Low3.7EPSS 0.33%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
libvirt, possibly before 0.9.12, does not properly assign USB devices to virtual machines when multiple devices have the same vendor and product ID, which might cause the wrong device to be associated with a guest and might allow local users to access unintended USB devices.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20120611 Re: CVE request -- libvirt: address bus= device= when identicle vendor ID/product IDs usb devices attached are ignored (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0127 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [libvirt] 20120428 [PATCH 0/3] usb devices with same vendor, productID hotplug support (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0748 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120611 CVE request -- libvirt: address bus= device= when identicle vendor ID/product IDs usb devices attached are ignored (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .