CVE-2024-2496CWE-476

Libvirt: null pointer dereference in udevconnectlistallinterfaces()

Medium · published March 18, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function in libvirt. This issue can occur when detaching a host interface while at the same time collecting the list of interfaces via virConnectListAllInterfaces API. This flaw could be used to perform a denial of service attack by causing the libvirt daemon to crash.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00253 · 15.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2024-03-18T12:54Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 MAR 12:54Z
    Libvirt: null pointer dereference in udevconnectlistallinterfaces()
    cvelistv5