// For flags

CVE-2014-1447

libvirt: denial of service with keepalive

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

6.3%
*EPSS

Affected Versions

110
*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Race condition in the virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive function in libvirt before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by closing a connection before a keepalive response is sent.

Condición de carrera en la función virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive en libvirt anteriores a 1.2.1 permite a atacantes remotos causar denegación de servicio (caída de libvirtd) mediante el cierre de conexiones antes de que una respuesta keepalive sea enviada.

Martin Kletzander discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled reading memory tunables from LXC guests. A local user could possibly use this flaw to cause libvirtd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10. Dario Faggioli discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled the libxl driver. A local user could possibly use this flaw to cause libvirtd to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2014-01-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2014-01-18 CVE Published
  • 2015-02-22 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions (110)