CVE-2023-6693
low-risk
Published 2024-01-02
A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.
Do I need to act?
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0.03% 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
4
CVSS 4.9/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (5)
Affected Vendors
References (10)
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254580
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254580
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
13/34 · Low
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
12/34 · Low