CVE-2023-40360

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQEMU

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

8.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.0.4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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