libvirt: unbounded RPC arrays in remote protocol
Published Sep 30, 2013
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
libvirt 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of domain migrate parameters in certain RPC calls in (1) daemon/remote.c and (2) remote/remote_driver.c.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libvirt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvirt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libvirt
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not ship the vulnerable version.
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: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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00339) | 24.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00339) | 25.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 17.52th | 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) |
| 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 (8)
- http://libvirt.org/news.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list%40redhat.com/msg83332.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4292 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002666 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4292
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4292
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://libvirt.org/news.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list%40redhat.com/msg83332.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4292 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002666 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4292 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4292 |
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