CVE-2010-0431

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.31% (24th) EPSS

CVSS 6.6 · medium

Is it mine?

18 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM 83, does not properly validate guest QXL driver pointers, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedrhev-hypervisor-0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0622
Fixedrhev-hypervisor-0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0622
Fixedrhev-hypervisor-pxe-0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0622
Fixedkmod-kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkmod-kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-debuginfo-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-debuginfo-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-qemu-img-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-qemu-img-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-tools-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
Fixedkvm-tools-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.7 · impact 10

v2.05.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimary

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
redhat enterprise virtualization= 2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kvm= 83nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:kvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kmod-kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kmod-kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-debuginfo-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-debuginfo-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-qemu-img-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-qemu-img-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-tools-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
kvm-tools-0:83-164.el5_5.21.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rhev-hypervisor-0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rhev-hypervisor-0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
rhev-hypervisor-pxe-0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2010:0622Red Hat Security Advisory: rhev-hypervisor security and bug fix update2010-08-19csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated rhev-hypervisor packages that fix multiple security issues and two bugs are now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
RHSA-2010:0627Red Hat Security Advisory: kvm security and bug fix update2010-08-19csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated kvm packages that fix three security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2010-08-24modified 2026-06-16

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568809 enisa_euvd
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0622.html enisa_euvd
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0627.html enisa_euvd
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568809PatchVendor Advisorynvd
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0622.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0627.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd

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