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TI-2010-00408 Aliases CVE-2010-0430GHSA-5g9q-h772-m2pq

libspice, as used in QEMU-KVM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H…

Priority LOW 33CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

libspice, as used in QEMU-KVM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H or rhev-hypervisor) before 5.5-2.2 and possibly other products, allows guest OS users to read from or write to arbitrary QEMU memory by modifying the address that is used by Cairo for memory mappings.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0054 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.4-2.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.4-2.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2010:0476 Released 2010-06-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    rhev-hypervisor security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5 rhev-hypervisor-5.5-2.2.4.2.el5rhev, rhev-hypervisor-pxe-5.5-2.2.4.2.el5rhev
  • RHSA-2010:0271 Released 2010-03-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    kvm security, bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) kmod-kvm-83-164.el5, kvm-83-164.el5, kvm-qemu-img-83-164.el5 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server) kmod-kvm-83-164.el5, kvm-83-164.el5, kvm-qemu-img-83-164.el5 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0271
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2010:0271
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5Fixed RHSA-2010:0476

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0430
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5g9q-h772-m2pq

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2012-00812 PyXML: Hash table collisions CPU usage Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-04365 Missing authentication in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2011-01395 The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.7
  • TI-2010-02132 Virtual Desktop Server Manager (VDSM) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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