7.0
HIGH
CVE-2023-5088
QEMU Overwrite Boot Code Vulnerability
Description

A bug in QEMU could cause a guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be targeted to offset 0 instead (potentially overwriting the VM's boot code). This could be used, for example, by L2 guests with a virtual disk (vdiskL2) stored on a virtual disk of an L1 (vdiskL1) hypervisor to read and/or write data to LBA 0 of vdiskL1, potentially gaining control of L1 at its next reboot.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 3, 2023, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:41 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-5088 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 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Qemu qemu

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-5088 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2135
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5088
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247283
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00012.html
    Added Reference https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0005/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0005/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00012.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2024

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

    May. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Apr. 30, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2135 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00012.html [No types assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0005/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0005/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.2.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0005/ [No types assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5088 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5088 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247283 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247283 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/ No Types Assigned https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/ Mailing List, Patch
    Added CWE NIST CWE-662
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:advanced_virtualization:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-821
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} -0.00%

score

0.05715

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