CWE Code: 20
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.6
CWE Name:  Improper Input Validation
Summary: qemu-kvm, as used in the hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in red hat enterprise virtualization (rhev) 2.2 and kvm 83, does not properly validate guest qxl driver pointers, which allows guest os users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and guest os crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2010-08-24
Last Modified Date: 2010-08-25