ALPINE-CVE-2020-25637

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CVE-2020-25637
Published: 06 Oct 2020, 14:15
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
27/100
CVSS Score
6.7 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Oct 2020, 14:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A double free memory issue was found to occur in the libvirt API, in versions before 6.8.0, responsible for requesting information about network interfaces of a running QEMU domain. This flaw affects the polkit access control driver. Specifically, clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•libvirt

    < 6.6.0-r3

References (1)