CVE-2020-14339CWE-772

A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for `/dev/mapper/control` into the QEMU process

published December 3, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for `/dev/mapper/control` into the QEMU process. This file descriptor allows for privileged operations to happen against the device-mapper on the host. This flaw allows a malicious guest user or process to perform operations outside of their standard permissions, potentially causing serious damage to the host operating system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00421 · 35.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Published
2020-12-03T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 DEC 00:00Z
    A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for `/dev/mapper/control` into the QEMU process
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