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CVE-2010-0431

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization ...

6.6 Medium

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM 83, does not properly validate guest QXL driver pointers, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Exploit likelihood

0.31%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.6

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM 83, does not properly validate guest QXL driver pointers, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2010-0431
CVSS 2.0
6.6 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM 83, does not properly validate guest QXL driver pointers, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2010-0431
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0462 No score

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM 83, does not properly validate guest QXL driver pointers, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2010-0462
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6r53-qvwr-m586 No score

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization ...

QEMU-KVM, as used in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and KVM 83, does not properly validate guest QXL driver pointers, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-6r53-qvwr-m586
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
rhev-hypervisor
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::hypervisor
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2
0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2
rhev-hypervisor-pxe
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::hypervisor
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2
0:5.5-2.2.6.1.el5_5rhev2_2
kmod-kvm
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm-qemu-img
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm-tools
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kmod-kvm
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm-qemu-img
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21
kvm-tools
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:83-164.el5_5.21
0:83-164.el5_5.21

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-0431 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Redhat Enterprise Virtualization, published August 24, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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