CVE-2014-3657

The virDomainListPopulate function in conf/domain_conf.c in libvirt before 1.2.9 does not clean up the lock on the list of domains, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via a NULL value in the second parameter in the virConnectListAllDomains API command.

Published: 2014-10-06 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3657 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.28%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3657

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 2026-01-02 1.50% 1.28% -0.21%
2 2025-03-30 2.68% 1.50% -1.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.68% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3657

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3657

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3657

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3657 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libvirt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3657
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3657
suse medium CVE-2014-3657 severity moderate: SUSE including 391 source package names (kvm-1.4.2-0.21.4, kvm-1.4.2-0.21.5, …), 794 product×package rows across 48 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (48 product lines)): Fixed 582, Known Not Affected 212. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3657/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3657 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libvirt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): not-affected 2, released 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3657

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3657

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libvirt libvirt <= 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvirt libvirt 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3657

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