Double free vulnerability in inspect-fs.c in LibguestFS 1.20.x before 1.20.7, 1.21.x, 1.22.0, and 1.23.0 allows remote attackers to cause…

Description

Double free vulnerability in inspect-fs.c in LibguestFS 1.20.x before 1.20.7, 1.21.x, 1.22.0, and 1.23.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via empty guest files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (7)

• [oss-security] 20130529 Re: Re: CVE Request -- libguestfs (1.20.6 | 1.22.0 | 1.23.0 <= X < 1.22.1 | 1.23.1): Denial of service due to a double-free when inspecting certain guest files / images (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/fa6a76050d82894365dfe32916903ef7fee3ffcd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• libguestfs-cve20132124-inspectfs-dos(85145) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• [Libguestfs] 20130528 ATTN: Denial of service attack possible on libguestfs 1.21.x, libguestfs.1.22.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [Libguestfs] 20130528 Re: ATTN: Denial of service attack possible on libguestfs 1.21.x, libguestfs.1.22.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 93724 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 60205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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 6 Aug 2024, 15:27 UTC.