CVE-2014-1447
libvirt: denial of service with keepalive
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 31, 2013
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
Race condition in the virNetServerClientStartKeepAlive function in libvirt before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by closing a connection before a keepalive response is sent.
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 3.3AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified