CVE-2010-0431 describes a vulnerability in QEMU-KVM, specifically affecting Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM 83. The flaw stems from improper validation of guest QXL driver pointers, allowing guest OS users to trigger a denial of service (guest OS crash) or potentially escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.6, this vulnerability requires local access and medium attack complexity, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
83CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kvm:83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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