CVE-2019-3840
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.3)—
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in libvirt before version 5.0.0 in the way it gets interface information through the QEMU agent. An attacker in a guest VM can use this flaw to crash libvirtd and cause a denial of service.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.48%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 73
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-476
- CWE-476
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00105.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2294
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1663051
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3840
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZRP2BRMI4RYFRPNFTTIAAUOGVN2ORP7/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-January/msg00241.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00105.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2294
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1663051
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3840
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZRP2BRMI4RYFRPNFTTIAAUOGVN2ORP7/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-January/msg00241.html
JSON original (NVD)
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