CVE-2023-40360

low-risk
Published 2023-08-14

QEMU through 8.0.4 accesses a NULL pointer in nvme_directive_receive in hw/nvme/ctrl.c because there is no check for whether an endurance group is configured before checking whether Flexible Data Placement is enabled.

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Qemu

References (8)

Patch https://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7...
Exploit https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/
Vendor Advisory https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html
Patch https://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7...
Exploit https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/
Vendor Advisory https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal