CVE-2024-2496
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.0 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Mar 18, 2024
Updated: Apr 30, 2024
CWE ID 476
Summary
CVE-2024-2496 is a newly discovered vulnerability in the libvirt library. The issue lies in the udevConnectListAllInterfaces() function, where a NULL pointer dereference can occur when detaching a host interface and simultaneously collecting the list of interfaces using the virConnectListAllInterfaces API. Consequently, an attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service attack, resulting in the libvirt daemon crashing.
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