CVE-2012-4423
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
The virNetServerProgramDispatchCall function in libvirt before 0.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault) via an RPC call with (1) an event as the RPC number or (2) an RPC number whose value is in a "gap" in the RPC dispatch table.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4358)
- Published
- November 19, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4358 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
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References
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7ff9e696063189a715802d081d55a398663c15a
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f8fbeb50d52520a109d71c8566fed2ea600650ec
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089976.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090121.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1359.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55541
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027649
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1708-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857133
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-September/msg00843.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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