CVE-2014-0179

LowCVSS 1.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Aug 3, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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