CVE-2010-2223

Virtual Desktop Server Manager (VDSM) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H or rhev-hypervisor) before 5.5-2.2 does not properly perform VM post-zeroing after the removal of a virtual machine's data, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information by examining the disk blocks associated with a deleted virtual machine.

Published: 2010-06-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2223 is rated Low Risk (18.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2223

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.37% +0.31%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.06% -0.89%
3 2023-02-13 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2223

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2223

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2223

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2223

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2223

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor <= 5.4-2.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2223

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