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CVE-2010-2238

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2238 describes a vulnerability in Red Hat libvirt, specifically versions 0.7.2 through 0.8.2, where it improperly handles disk-image backing stores. This flaw could allow a guest operating system user to read arbitrary files on the host system, with potential for other unspecified impacts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity for a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
2.7
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2238Moderate

libvirt: ignoring defined disk backing store format when recursing into disk image backing stores

Jul 12, 2010

References

libvirt.org / news.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044520.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044579.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1008-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1008-2
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1008-3
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2763