CVE-2013-0170: canonical ubuntu_linux Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-0170 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Use After Free vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, 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
- 08-02-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.77%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.77% on 04-10-2026
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, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat11 products
- enterprise_linux_desktop6.0
- enterprise_linux_eus6.3
- enterprise_linux_server6.0
- enterprise_linux_workstation6.0
- libvirt≥ 0.9.6, < 0.9.6.4 | ≥ 0.9.11, < 0.9.11.9 | ≥ 0.10.2, < 0.10.2.3 | ≥ 1.0.0, < 1.0.2
Suse3 products
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 12.10
Debian1 product
- libvirt< 0.9.12-6
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL16 | 17 | 18
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL12.1 | 12.2
6 vendors · 18 products
References
25 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098398.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00002.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00016.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098326.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
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- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098370.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893450X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
