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CVE-2010-2238· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.7.2 through 0.8.2, recurses into disk-image backing stores without extracting the defined disk backing-store for

Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.7.2 through 0.8.2, recurses into disk-image backing stores without extracting the defined disk backing-store format, which might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via unknown vectors.

MediumCVSS 4.4 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 19, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 22th percentile
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17

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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
libvirtlibvirt

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • libvirt libvirt0.7.2
  • libvirt libvirt0.7.3
  • libvirt libvirt0.7.4
  • libvirt libvirt0.7.5
  • libvirt libvirt0.7.6
  • libvirt libvirt0.7.7
  • libvirt libvirt0.8.0
  • libvirt libvirt0.8.1
  • libvirt libvirt0.8.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12libvirtbefore 0.8.3-10.8.3-1

Same product

libvirt: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2008-5086Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended acces
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2014-3633The qemuDomainGetBlockIoTune function in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 1.2.9, when a disk has been hot-plugged or removed from the li
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2015-5160libvirt before 2.2 includes Ceph credentials on the qemu command line when using RADOS Block Device (aka RBD), which allows local users to o
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2014-3657The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which al
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2010-2239Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.0 through 0.8.2, creates new images without setting the user-defined backing-store format, which allows guest
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2010-2237Red Hat libvirt, possibly 0.6.1 through 0.8.2, looks up disk backing stores without referring to the user-defined main disk format, which mi
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:libvirt0.8.3-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    CVSS vector

    AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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