CVE-2014-0179 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libvirt versions 0.7.5 through 1.2.4, impacting products like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and openSUSE. A local attacker can exploit this XML External Entity (XXE) issue by submitting a crafted XML document to the virConnectCompareCPU or virConnectBaselineCPU API methods, causing the system to hang. With a CVSS score of 1.9, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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