CVE-2011-0011

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

qemu-kvm before 0.11.0 disables VNC authentication when the password is cleared, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish VNC sessions.

Affected products

QEMU: through 0.11.0; 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5 (+10)

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0345.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42830
http://secunia.com/advisories/43272
http://secunia.com/advisories/43733
http://secunia.com/advisories/44393
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1063-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/10/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/2
http://www.osvdb.org/70992
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/697197
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65215

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