CVE-2011-2511 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in libvirt versions prior to 0.9.3, specifically affecting Red Hat libvirt. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service (libvirtd crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted VirDomainGetVcpus RPC call, leading to memory corruption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring authentication, and primarily resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Currently, there are no known public exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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