libvirt: unsafe parsing of XML documents allows libvirt DoS and/or arbitrary file read
Published Aug 3, 2014
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.56%
Description
libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 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
- 0.9.6.1
- 0.9.6.2
- 0.9.6.3
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.9.9
- 0.9.10
- 0.9.11
- 0.9.11.1
- 0.9.11.2
- 0.9.11.3
- 0.9.11.4
- 0.9.11.5
- 0.9.11.6
- 0.9.11.7
- 0.9.11.8
- 0.9.12
- 0.9.13
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
- 0.10.2.1
- 0.10.2.2
- 0.10.2.3
- 0.10.2.4
- 0.10.2.5
- 0.10.2.6
- 0.10.2.7
- 0.10.2.8
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.5.1
- 1.0.5.2
- 1.0.5.3
- 1.0.5.4
- 1.0.5.5
- 1.0.5.6
- 1.0.6
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
Configuration 2
- 3.0
- 12.3
- 13.1
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvirt-0:0.10.2-29.el6_5.8
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0560
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libvirt-0:1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0914
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libvirt
Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 2
libvirt
Under investigation
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt-0:0.10.2-29.el6_5.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0560 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libvirt-0:1.1.1-29.el7_0.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0914 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 2 | libvirt | Under investigation | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, however the impact is limited to denial of service since it does not support fine grained access control.
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: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 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 44.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 41.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 19.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 29.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 27.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 25.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.40th | 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 (13)
- http://libvirt.org/news.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00052.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0560.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3038 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2366-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0179 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088290 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0179
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0179
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://libvirt.org/news.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00052.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0560.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3038 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2366-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0179 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088290 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0179 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0179 |
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