CVE-2020-25637
MEDIUM6.7EPSS 0.12%libvirt - security update
Published: 10/6/2020Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2020-25637DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25637
Description
A double free memory issue was found to occur in the libvirt API, in versions before 6.8.0, responsible for requesting information about network interfaces of a running QEMU domain. This flaw affects the polkit access control driver. Specifically, clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/libvirtfrom 0, < 6.6.0-r3
- Debian/libvirtfrom 0, < 6.8.0-1
- Debian/libvirtfrom 0, < 3.0.0-4+deb9u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |