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CVE-2023-4135

Publication date 4 August 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A heap out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the virtual nvme device in QEMU. The QEMU process does not validate an offset provided by the guest before computing a host heap pointer, which is used for copying data back to the guest. Arbitrary heap memory relative to an allocated buffer can be disclosed.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:8.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu3.23.10.2
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 8.0.0-rc0 by https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/73064edfb864743cde2c08f319609344af02aeb3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N