6.9

CVE-2011-1146: redhat libvirt

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2011:0391DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1146DSA-2194-1
Published 15-03-2011Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1146 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in redhat libvirt. EPSS estimates a 1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.65%
0%100%
Low · +0.12 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 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1

Timeline

  1. 15-03-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libvirt.c in the API in Red Hat libvirt 0.8.8 does not properly restrict operations in a read-only connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) virNodeDeviceDettach, (2) virNodeDeviceReset, (3) virDomainRevertToSnapshot, (4) virDomainSnapshotDelete, (5) virNodeDeviceReAttach, or (6) virConnectDomainXMLToNative call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5086.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.12 pp

From 1.53% 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.

Redhat6 products
  • libvirt0.8.8
  • libvirt< 0:0.8.2-15.el5_6.3 | < 0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.5
  • libvirt-client< 0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.5
  • libvirt-debuginfo< 0:0.8.2-15.el5_6.3 | < 0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.5
  • libvirt-devel< 0:0.8.2-15.el5_6.3 | < 0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.5
Debian1 product
  • libvirt< 0.8.3-5+squeeze1 | < 0.8.8-3

2 vendors · 7 products

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