CVE-2024-31420 (GCVE-0-2024-31420)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-03 14:01 – Updated: 2025-11-20 19:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cnv: dos through repeatedly calling vm-dump-metrics until virt handler crashes
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in KubeVirt. This flaw allows an attacker who has access to a virtual machine guest on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled to cause a denial of service by issuing a high number of calls to vm-dump-metrics --virtio and then deleting the virtual machine.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-08 13:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31420 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272951 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
4.15.0
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 |
cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4
|
Date Public
2024-04-03 00:00
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