CVE-2012-3445
The virTypedParameterArrayClear function in libvirt 0.9.13 does not properly handle virDomain* API calls with typed parameters, which…
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- redhat
Description
The virTypedParameterArrayClear function in libvirt 0.9.13 does not properly handle virDomain* API calls with typed parameters, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) via an RPC command with nparams set to zero, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or a free of an invalid pointer.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 54 days later
· 54 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 50118 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 54748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [libvirt] 20120730 [PATCH] daemon: Fix crash in virTypedParameterArrayClear (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120731 CVE Request -- libvirt: crash in virTypedParameterArrayClear (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844734 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1202 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 50299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50372 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120731 Re: CVE Request -- libvirt: crash in virTypedParameterArrayClear (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0991 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)
- 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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