CVE-2010-3851
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
libguestfs before 1.5.23, as used in virt-v2v, virt-inspector 1.5.3 and earlier, and possibly other products, when a raw-format disk image is used, allows local guest OS administrators to read files from the host via a crafted (1) qcow2, (2) VMDK, or (3) VDI header, related to lack of support for a disk format specifier.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3830)
- Published
- November 4, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3830 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- libguestfs / libguestfs
- matthew booth / virt-v2v
- richard jones / virt-inspector
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050237.html(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050742.html
- http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/new-libguestfs-stable-versions/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41797(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42235
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0586.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44166
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2874(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2963
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643958
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-October/msg00036.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-October/msg00037.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-October/msg00041.html(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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