#VU85831 Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2023-1544

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#VU85831 Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2023-1544

Published: January 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85831
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1544
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the pvrdma_ring_next_elem_read() function in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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