libvirt: address bus= device= when identicle vendor ID/product IDs usb devices attached are ignored
Published Jun 17, 2012
3.7
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
libvirt, possibly before 0.9.12, does not properly assign USB devices to virtual machines when multiple devices have the same vendor and product ID, which might cause the wrong device to be associated with a guest and might allow local users to access unintended USB devices.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.9.11
- 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
- 0.8.8
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.9.9
- 0.9.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libvirt-0:0.8.2-29.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0127
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvirt-0:0.9.10-21.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0748
Red Hat Storage 3 for RHEL 6
libvirt-0:0.9.10-21.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libvirt
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt-0:0.8.2-29.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0127 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt-0:0.9.10-21.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0748 |
| Red Hat Storage 3 for RHEL 6 | libvirt-0:0.9.10-21.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0748 |
| 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:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 | 0.33% (0.00331) | 23.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00331) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0748.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0127.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2693 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831164 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2693
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2693
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-April/msg01494.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0748.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0127.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2693 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831164 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2693 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2693 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-April/msg01494.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch |
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