6.5

CVE-2020-10703: libvirt NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2020:1250-1SUSE-SU-2020:1289-1UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10703
Published 02-06-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-10703 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libvirt. EPSS estimates a 2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3
DLA-3778-1MGASA-2020-0250RHSA-2020:4000RHSA-2020:4676SUSE-SU-2020:1208-1SUSE-SU-2020:1277-1

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0, and fixed in libvirt 6.0.0, for fetching a storage pool based on its target path. In more detail, this flaw affects storage pools created without a target path such as network-based pools like gluster and RBD. Unprivileged users with a read-only connection could abuse this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a potential denial of service.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.38% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

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

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse7 products
  • libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS< 4.0.0-9.32.1
  • libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS< 4.0.0-9.32.1
  • libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4< 4.0.0-8.20.2
  • libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS< 4.0.0-9.32.1
  • libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4< 4.0.0-8.20.2
Debian1 product
  • libvirt< 6.0.0-2
Libvirt1 product
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libvirt< 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.17

5 vendors · 11 products

References

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