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CVE-2010-0431

Published: Aug 24, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
6.6MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise virtualizationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
kvmOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568809
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https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0622.html
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https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0627.html
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