CVE-2019-3840
MEDIUM
5.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2019 at 12:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLeapLibvirtLibvirt
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Severity
MEDIUM5.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- 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
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00101.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00105.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2294x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1663051x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3840Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZRP2BRMI4RYFRPNFTTIAAUOGVN2ORP7/x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-January/msg00241.htmlCVSS
5.8MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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