--- title: "CVE-2010-0431\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0431?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2010-0431 Publication date 24 August 2010 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | kvm | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | qemu-kvm | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0431) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0431) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-0431) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0431) ### Other references *