CVE-2024-31420 | BDVDB-2026-229985 Detail

Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4

Description#

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12024-04-03Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22025-11-20Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2024-04-03
Last modified: 2025-11-20

Vendor information

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4

All Red Hat vulnerabilities

Score

6.5 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 51.2.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Memory Corruption

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

No version data in the source record.

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

6.5 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	None
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).