Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-40360
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the qemu package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | qemu | 1:8.0.4+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40360 |
| Debian:14 | qemu | 1:8.0.4+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40360 |