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CVE-2014-0179

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
03/08/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
1.90
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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