CVE-2012-3445
LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
The virTypedParameterArrayClear function in libvirt 0.9.13 does not properly handle virDomain* API calls with typed parameters, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) via an RPC command with nparams set to zero, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or a free of an invalid pointer.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3409)
- Published
- August 7, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3409 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / libvirt
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1202.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50118(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50299
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50372
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54748
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844734
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-July/msg01650.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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