ALPINE-CVE-2020-14339

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CVE-2020-14339
Published: 03 Dec 2020, 17:15
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Dec 2020, 17:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•libvirt

    < 6.6.0-r0

References (1)