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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0179

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0179

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Aug 2014, 18:55 UTC

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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  "id": "51c337984202ffc0c589de81a1637c24b09e6058cce7e92dd0dbe76293ed837a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0179",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0179",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0179",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "1.2.4-1",
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          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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      },
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    "severity": "unknown",
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          },
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          },
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:27.447073465Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2014-0179"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0179"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2014-0179",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 413927,
  "published_at": "2014-08-03T18:55:05.63+00:00"
}