NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libvirt package, versions <6.0.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.36% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBVIRT-18579106
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed2 Jun 2020

Introduced: 2 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libvirt to version 6.0.0-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0, and fixed in libvirt 6.0.0, for fetching a storage pool based on its target path. In more detail, this flaw affects storage pools created without a target path such as network-based pools like gluster and RBD. Unprivileged users with a read-only connection could abuse this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a potential denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1