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CVE-2024-8235

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-8235 is a NULL-pointer dereference vulnerability in libvirt, specifically affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux and libvirt products. The flaw, introduced during a code refactor, allows clients connecting to the read-only socket to crash the virtinterfaced daemon. Rated 6.2 Medium, this vulnerability has a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.4.0, < 10.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libvirt-0:10.5.0-7.el9_5
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: libvirt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-8235Moderate

libvirt: Crash of virtinterfaced via virConnectListInterfaces()

Aug 29, 2024

References

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20240920-0006
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:9128
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2024-8235
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.libvirt.org / archives/list/[email protected]/thread/X6WOVCL6QF3FQRFIIXL736RFZVSUWLWJ
PatchThird Party Advisory