CVE-2014-5177
libvirt 1.0.0 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5, when fine grained access control is enabled, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a…
- 1.2LowCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
libvirt 1.0.0 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5, when fine grained access control is enabled, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virDomainDefineXML, (2) virNetworkCreateXML, (3) virNetworkDefineXML, (4) virStoragePoolCreateXML, (5) virStoragePoolDefineXML, (6) virStorageVolCreateXML, (7) virDomainCreateXML, (8) virNodeDeviceCreateXML, (9) virInterfaceDefineXML, (10) virStorageVolCreateXMLFrom, (11) virConnectDomainXMLFromNative, (12) virConnectDomainXMLToNative, (13) virSecretDefineXML, (14) virNWFilterDefineXML, (15) virDomainSnapshotCreateXML, (16) virDomainSaveImageDefineXML, (17) virDomainCreateXMLWithFiles, (18) virConnectCompareCPU, or (19) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2014-0179 per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- RHSA-2014:0560 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://libvirt.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 60895 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2366-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2014-5075 (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-2014-5177)Record last updated .