libvirt: ignoring defined main disk format when looking up disk backing stores
Published Aug 19, 2010
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.6.5
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.7.5
- 0.7.6
- 0.7.7
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvirt
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 22.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 23.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 18.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://libvirt.org/news.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044520.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044579.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2763 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2237 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607810 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2237
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2237
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://libvirt.org/news.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044520.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044579.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1008-3 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2763 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2237 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607810 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2237 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2237 |
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