Security advisory

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  "id": "1b344438454d839591d3a7defa491222ae16943896484d770b7084891c401715",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2635",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-2635",
    "summary": "A NULL pointer deference flaw was found in the way libvirt from 2.5.0 to 3.0.0 handled empty drives. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libvirtd daemon resulting in denial of service.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-2635",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-2635",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-2635"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "20f9a22c2743d1ef558ea481e109486b3aa0787f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "aee1e1feac1e0c6ec410379e71e466ee16d8396e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.0.0",
            "v3.0.0-rc2",
            "v3.0.0-rc1",
            "v2.5.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2635.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "20f9a22c2743d1ef558ea481e109486b3aa0787f"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "aee1e1feac1e0c6ec410379e71e466ee16d8396e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.0.0",
            "v3.0.0-rc2",
            "v3.0.0-rc1",
            "v2.5.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2635.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.821022134Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3de387380f6057ee0e46cd9f2f0a092e8070875",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2635"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-2635",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430566,
  "published_at": "2018-08-22T21:29:00.43+00:00"
}