CVE-2015-5247

medium

Description

The virStorageVolCreateXML API in libvirt 1.2.14 through 1.2.19 allows remote authenticated users with a read-write connection to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by triggering a failed unlink after creating a volume on a root_squash NFS pool.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-5239

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1

http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0137