CVE-2023-3301

MEDIUM EPSS 16.3%
Published Sep 13, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.6 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 13, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.6
Exploitability
1.1
Impact
4.0
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
16.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-362
CWE-617

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
qemuqemu* ≤8.0.3
redhatenterprise_linux8.0any
redhatenterprise_linux9.0any

References 3

  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3301
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215784
    Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231020-0008/
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3301
    PatchThird Party Advisory