The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which…

Description

The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a NULL value in the second parameter in the virConnectListAllDomains API command.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 62303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-2404-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1352 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fc22b2e74890873848b43fffae43025d22053669 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 60291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 10:50 UTC.