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CVE-2023-41051

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-41051 is an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the vm-memory Rust crate, affecting custom implementations of the VolatileMemory trait. It occurs when the get_slice function returns a VolatileSlice shorter than expected, potentially leading to denial of service. With a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, resulting in a high impact on availability but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.1.0, < 0.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vm-memory_project:vm-memory:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.5LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 167 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19706-17084Fixed in: 3.2.0.azl0-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 3.2.0.azl0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 3.2.0.azl0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 3.2.0.azl0-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 3.2.0.azl0-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kata-containers 3.1.3-2 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.2.0.azl0-2
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: vm-memoryFixed in: 0.12.2

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2023-41051

CVE-2023-41051

Jun 11, 2024
microsoft2023-Sep/CVE-2023-41051

Default functions in VolatileMemory trait lack bounds checks in vm-memory

Sep 12, 2023
rustGHSA-49hh-fprx-m68glow

Default functions in VolatileMemory trait lack bounds checks, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory accesses

Sep 4, 2023

References

crates.io / crates/vm-memory/0.12.2
Product
github.com / rust-vmm/vm-memory/commit/aff1dd4a5259f7deba56692840f7a2d9ca34c9c8
Patch
github.com / rust-vmm/vm-memory/security/advisories/GHSA-49hh-fprx-m68g
Vendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/IPXRXD5VXBZHBGMUM77B52CJJMG7EJGI
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/SYM6CYW2DWRHRAVL2HYTQPXC3J2V77J4
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/XZGJL6BQLU4XCPQLLTW4GSSBTNQXB3TI