TI-2013-01982 Aliases CVE-2013-2218 GHSA-2rgg-xfp9-8w6f

Double free vulnerability in the virConnectListAllInterfaces method in…

LOW 34CWE-399Published 2013-09-30 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the virConnectListAllInterfaces method in interface/interface_backend_netcf.c in libvirt 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) via a filtering flag that causes an interface to be skipped, as demonstrated by the "virsh iface-list --inactive" command.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.08267 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.6:::::::*	1.0.6	Vulnerable	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.6 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-2218
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2rgg-xfp9-8w6f

References

Exploit 1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980112

Patch 1

[oss-security] 20130701 CVE-2013-2218 -- libvirt: crash when listing network interfaces with filters

Other 2

TI-2016-04328 libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-07455 Incorrect permission assignment in libvirt CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-03857 The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2018-04154 qemu/qemu_monitor.c in libvirt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2017-14571 libvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2013-00105 Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8

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Sources

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