4.4

CVE-2011-2178: redhat libvirt

CVSS: 4.4v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-2178
Published 10-08-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2178 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability in redhat libvirt. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-08-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData function in security/security_manager.c in libvirt 0.8.8 through 0.9.1 uses the wrong argument for a sizeof call, which causes incorrect processing of "security manager private data" that "reopens disk probing" and might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2238 regression.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • libvirt< 0.9.1-2
Redhat1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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