Memory Leak Affecting libvirt package, versions <6.4.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.28% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBVIRT-18579107
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed28 Apr 2020

Introduced: 28 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-12430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libvirt to version 6.4.0-2 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.

An issue was discovered in qemuDomainGetStatsIOThread in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt 4.10.0 though 6.x before 6.1.0. A memory leak was found in the virDomainListGetStats libvirt API that is responsible for retrieving domain statistics when managing QEMU guests. This flaw allows unprivileged users with a read-only connection to cause a memory leak in the domstats command, resulting in a potential denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1