CVE-2014-7823
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
The virDomainGetXMLDesc API in Libvirt before 1.2.11 allows remote read-only users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE flag, which triggers the use of the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7689)
- Published
- November 13, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7689 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00083.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62303
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0007.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2404-1(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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