CVE record · CVE-2024-4418

Libvirt: stack use-after-free in virnetclientioeventloop()

CVSS 6.2 MediumEPSS 0.0049 · 41st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 8 May 2024, 03:03 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given Package name: libvirt https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt	affected before 10.4.0 semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: virt-devel:rhel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8100020240606142719.489197e6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: virt:rhel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8100020240606142719.489197e6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: libvirt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:10.0.0-6.6.el9_4 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Package name: libvirt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:9.0.0-10.7.el9_2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: libvirt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: libvirt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization Package name: virt:av/libvirt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2024-4418
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-562
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
CWE-562
Published: 8 May 2024
Updated: 5 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.2	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0049, the 41st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

8 May 2024, 03:03 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
8 May 2024, 03:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4351 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4432 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4757 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4418 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278616 issue-trackingredhat

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.