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CVE-2013-0170

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in...

6.8 MediumFix available

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Exploit likelihood

5.77%Down 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Record
CVE-2013-0170
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Record
CVE-2013-0170
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-0209 No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Record
EUVD-2013-0209
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rhxc-pp54-8x28 No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in...

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Record
GHSA-rhxc-pp54-8x28
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Record
CVE-2013-0170
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-0170 No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2, 0.10.2 before 0.10.2.3, 0.9.11 before 0.9.11.9, and 0.9.6 before 0.9.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering certain errors during an RPC connection, which causes a message to be freed without being removed from the message queue.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0170
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1 No score

libvirt-2.5.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libvirt-2.5.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libvirt
Debian:12
 before 0.9.12-6
0.9.12-6
libvirt
Debian:13
 before 0.9.12-6
0.9.12-6
libvirt
Debian:14
 before 0.9.12-6
0.9.12-6
libvirt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-lock-sanlock
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libvirt-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-lock-sanlock
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-lock-sanlock
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-python
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt-lock-sanlock
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
0:0.9.10-21.el6_3.8
libvirt
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
 before 2.5.0-1.1
2.5.0-1.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2013-0170 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Redhat Libvirt, published February 8, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.77%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in libvirt 0.9.12-6.

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