libvirt: denial of service when volume creation fails on NFS pool
Published Apr 14, 2016
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.37%
Description
The virStorageVolCreateXML API in libvirt 1.2.14 through 1.2.19 allows remote authenticated users with a read-write connection to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by triggering a failed unlink after creating a volume on a root_squash NFS pool.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.04
- 15.10
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
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01370) | 70.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01370) | 68.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 63.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.04% (0.02036) | 73.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 64.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 51.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 49.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 47.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5247 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259350 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5247
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5247
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5247 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259350 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5247 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5247 |
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