6.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-1544
VMware QEMU Paravirtual RDMA Device Out-of-Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. This flaw allows a crafted guest driver to allocate and initialize a huge number of page tables to be used as a ring of descriptors for CQ and async events, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds read and crash of QEMU.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-1544 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Qemu qemu
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-1544.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1544
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180364 Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-03/msg00206.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0005/

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-1544 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Fedora Project https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1544 [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Fedora Project AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0005/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180364 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180364 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-03/msg00206.html No Types Assigned https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-03/msg00206.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.2.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

score

0.24524

percentile

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