2.1

CVE-2010-2242: libvirt

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2242
Published 19-08-2010Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-2242 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in libvirt. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 2.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1RHSA-2010:0615

Timeline

  1. 19-08-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Red Hat libvirt 0.2.0 through 0.8.2 creates iptables rules with improper mappings of privileged source ports, which allows guest OS users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging IP address and source-port values, as demonstrated by copying and deleting an NFS directory tree.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • libvirt< 0.8.3-1
Libvirt1 product
  • libvirt0.2.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.2 | 0.2.3 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.4.4 | 0.4.6 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.6.5 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.7.4 | 0.7.5 | 0.7.6 | 0.7.7 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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