Infinite loop in QEMU

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU78946

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3255

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the vnc_client_cut_text_ext function in ui/vnc-clipboard.c. A remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard to the QEMU built-in VNC server can perform a denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

QEMU: 7.0.0 - 8.0.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218486
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-07/msg00596.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.