Is CVE-2014-5177 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-5177 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-5177?

CVE-2014-5177 has a CVSS v2 base score of 1.2 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-5177?

CVE-2014-5177 has an EPSS score of 0.53% (41th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5177?

Upgrade libvirt on debian 11 to 1.2.4-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-5177

LOW

1.2

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

libvirt 1.0.0 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5, when fine grained access control is enabled, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virDomainDefineXML, (2) virNetworkCreateXML, (3) virNetworkDefineXML, (4) virStoragePoolCreateXML, (5) virStoragePoolDefineXML, (6) virStorageVolCreateXML, (7) virDomainCreateXML, (8) virNodeDeviceCreateXML, (9) virInterfaceDefineXML, (10) virStorageVolCreateXMLFrom, (11) virConnectDomainXMLFromNative, (12) virConnectDomainXMLToNative, (13) virSecretDefineXML, (14) virNWFilterDefineXML, (15) virDomainSnapshotCreateXML, (16) virDomainSaveImageDefineXML, (17) virDomainCreateXMLWithFiles, (18) virConnectCompareCPU, or (19) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2014-0179 per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

libvirtDebian

Fixed in:1.2.4-1CVE-2014-5177

libvirtUbuntu

Fixed in:1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.5USN-2366-1

libvirt-binUbuntu

Fixed in:1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.5USN-2366-1

libvirt0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.5USN-2366-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

security.libvirt.org

Other references7

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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