CVE-2020-25637
A double free memory issue was found to occur in the libvirt API, in versions before 6.8.0, responsible for requesting information about network interfaces of a running QEMU domain. This flaw affects the polkit access control driver. Specifically, clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.7
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.53%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 43
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
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-415
- CWE-415
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00073.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881037
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00073.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881037
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-06
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