CVE-2010-2237
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to...
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used 4.4
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2010-2237- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2010-2237- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2249No score
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2010-2249- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-prh8-gm5f-24xqNo score
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to...
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
- Record
GHSA-prh8-gm5f-24xq- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2010-2237- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237No score
Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2237- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-2237 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Libvirt, published August 19, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. Fixed in libvirt 0.8.3-1.