libvirt — security advisory
libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.
- Products
- libvirt
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-0179
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0179
libvirt
Fixed versions: 1.2.4-1
libvirt
Fixed versions: 1.2.4-1
libvirt
Fixed versions: 1.2.4-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:27.447073465Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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