libvirt: error reporting in libvirtd is not thread safe
Published May 31, 2011
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.20%
Description
libvirtd in libvirt before 0.9.0 does not use thread-safe error reporting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing multiple threads to report errors at the same time.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.8.8
- 0.0.1
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.0.5
- 0.0.6
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.3
- 0.1.4
- 0.1.5
- 0.1.6
- 0.1.7
- 0.1.8
- 0.1.9
- 0.2.0
- 0.2.1
- 0.2.2
- 0.2.3
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.4
- 0.4.5
- 0.4.6
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.6.0
- 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
- 0.8.3
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libvirt-0:0.8.2-15.el5_6.4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0478
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvirt-0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0479
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libvirt
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt-0:0.8.2-15.el5_6.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0478 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt-0:0.8.1-27.el6_0.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0479 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.20% (0.01199) | 67.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.20% (0.01199) | 64.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00856) | 73.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.21% (0.02205) | 89.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 2.21% (0.02205) | 89.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.26% (0.02264) | 87.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f44bfb7fb978c9313ce050a1c4149bf04aa0a670 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44459 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025477 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100134583 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2280 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0478.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0479.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1152-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1486 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693391 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1486
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1486
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-March/msg01087.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Change history (0)
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