{"cve":"CVE-2011-2178","nvd":{"published":"2011-08-10T20:55:01.390","modified":"2026-06-16T23:30:52.073","status":"Modified","description":"The virSecurityManagerGetPrivateData function in security/security_manager.c in libvirt 0.8.8 through 0.9.1 uses the wrong argument for a sizeof call, which causes incorrect processing of \"security manager private data\" that \"reopens disk probing\" and might allow guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2238 regression.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://libvirt.org/news.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062515.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-06/msg00030.html","http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-2178.html","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1152-1"],"products":["redhat:libvirt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-2178","score":0.00283,"percentile":0.20844,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}