5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-40360
QEMU NULL Pointer Vulnerability in nvme_directive_receive
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 14, 2023, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-40360 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 Qemu qemu
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-40360 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7b98
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/
    Added Reference https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Dec. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.0.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (including) 8.0.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 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://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7b98 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7b98 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html No Types Assigned https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 8.0.4
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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.

0.05 }} 0.00%

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0.19566

percentile

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