Medium severity · published May 25, 2016
CVE-2014-3672
The qemu implementation in libvirt before 1.3.0 and Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host disk consumption) by writing to stdout or stderr
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The qemu implementation in libvirt before 1.3.0 and Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host disk consumption) by writing to stdout or stderr.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libvirt · Redhat
through 1.2.21 · source: NVD
XE
Xen · Xen
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3672
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3672
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/5
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035945
Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-180.html
libvirt.org
https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d968ad715475a1660779bcdd2c5b38ad63db4cf
Release Notes
https://libvirt.org/news-2015.html
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