CVE-2017-2635
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.015 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A NULL pointer deference flaw was found in the way libvirt from 2.5.0 to 3.0.0 handled empty drives. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd daemon resulting in denial of service.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4–7.7
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affected products (2)
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references (6)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2635cnnvd
- https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=c3de387380f6057ee0e46cd9f2f0a092e8070875cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2635enisa_euvd
- https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3de387380f6057ee0e46cd9f2f0a092e8070875enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2635Issue Trackingnvd
- https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3de387380f6057ee0e46cd9f2f0a092e8070875nvd
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