CVE-2024-31420CWE-476

Cnv: dos through repeatedly calling vm-dump-metrics until virt handler crashes

Medium · published April 3, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in KubeVirt. This flaw allows an attacker who has access to a virtual machine guest on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled to cause a denial of service by issuing a high number of calls to vm-dump-metrics --virtio and then deleting the virtual machine.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00644 · 50.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2024-04-03T14:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 APR 14:01Z
    Cnv: dos through repeatedly calling vm-dump-metrics until virt handler crashes
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