CVE-2023-4135
Out-of-bounds read information disclosure vulnerability
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 4, 2023 at 01:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraQEMU
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A heap out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the virtual nvme device in QEMU. The QEMU process does not validate an offset provided by the guest before computing a host heap pointer, which is used for copying data back to the guest. Arbitrary heap memory relative to an allocated buffer can be disclosed.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4135Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229101Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0012/Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-21521CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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