A flaw was discovered in libvirt in the XML file processing. More specifically, the parsing of user provided XML files was performed before the ACL checks. A malicious user with limited permissions could exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted XML file, causing libvirt to allocate too much memory on the host. The excessive memory consumption could lead to a libvirt process crash on the host, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
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| Description | A flaw was discovered in libvirt in the XML file processing. More specifically, the parsing of user provided XML files was performed before the ACL checks. A malicious user with limited permissions could exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted XML file, causing libvirt to allocate too much memory on the host. The excessive memory consumption could lead to a libvirt process crash on the host, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. | |
| Title | Libvirt: denial of service in xml parsing | |
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Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat enterprise Linux |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-13T11:12:38.328Z
Reserved: 2025-11-05T14:52:13.619Z
Link: CVE-2025-12748
Updated: 2025-11-12T14:40:20.495Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-11-11T20:15:34.453
Modified: 2025-11-12T16:19:12.850
Link: CVE-2025-12748