CVE-2010-0428 Null dereference in n/a
Guest OS users can crash the guest or potentially escalate privileges via improper pointer validation in the QXL driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0428?
CVE-2010-0428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Aug 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libspice, as used in QEMU-KVM in the Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 and qspice 0.3.0, does not properly validate guest QXL driver pointers, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0428?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Virtualization, Redhat Qspice.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0428?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2010-0428 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0428 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xh85-x2mp-5m6p.