CVE-2010-3851
libguestfs before 1.5.23, as used in virt-v2v, virt-inspector 1.5.3 and earlier, and possibly other products, when a raw-format disk image…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
libguestfs before 1.5.23, as used in virt-v2v, virt-inspector 1.5.3 and earlier, and possibly other products, when a raw-format disk image is used, allows local guest OS administrators to read files from the host via a crafted (1) qcow2, (2) VMDK, or (3) VDI header, related to lack of support for a disk format specifier.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 27 days later
· 27 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- [Libguestfs] 20101022 [PATCH 0/8 v2] Complete fix for CVE-2010-3851. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/new-libguestfs-stable-versions/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Libguestfs] 20101021 [PATCH 0/2] First part of fix for CVE-2010-3851 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-16835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-17202 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2963 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 44166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 41797 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [Libguestfs] 20101019 CVE-2010-3851libguestfs:missing disk format specifier when adding a disk (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-3830 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-3851)Record last updated .