CVE-2012-3445: redhat libvirt Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-3445 is a low (CVSS 3.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in redhat libvirt. EPSS estimates a 2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 3.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 07-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The virTypedParameterArrayClear function in libvirt 0.9.13 does not properly handle virDomain* API calls with typed parameters, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) via an RPC command with nparams set to zero, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or a free of an invalid pointer.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.16% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat7 products
- libvirt0.9.13
- libvirt< 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.4
- libvirt-client< 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.4
- libvirt-debuginfo< 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.4
- libvirt-devel< 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.4
Debian1 product
- libvirt< 0.9.12-4
2 vendors · 8 products
