CVE-2014-7823: redhat libvirt Credentials Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-7823 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Credentials Management Errors vulnerability in redhat libvirt. EPSS estimates a 1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3Timeline
- 13-11-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The virDomainGetXMLDesc API in Libvirt before 1.2.11 allows remote read-only users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE flag, which triggers the use of the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.91%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
80%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.91% 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.
Redhat22 products
- libvirt≤ 1.2.10 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9
- libvirt< 0:1.1.1-29.el7_0.4
- libvirt-client< 0:1.1.1-29.el7_0.4
- libvirt-daemon< 0:1.1.1-29.el7_0.4
- libvirt-daemon-config-network< 0:1.1.1-29.el7_0.4
Mageia2 products
- libvirt< 1.0.2-8.7.mga3
- libvirt< 1.2.1-1.3.mga4
Debian1 product
- libvirt< 1.2.9-4
Ubuntu1 product
- libvirt< 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.7
4 vendors · 26 products
