CVE-2019-3840 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-3840

Vendor The Libvirt Project
Product libvirt
Weakness CWE-476
Published March 27, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

5.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 27, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated