CVE Database · CVE-2010-0309
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
2.70%
Published
Feb 12, 2010
Modified
Apr 28, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit
All weaponized →No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.
Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
The pit_ioport_read function in the Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pit_state data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or hang) by attempting to read the /dev/port file.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (1)
References (20)
