CVE-2023-3301 is a race condition vulnerability in QEMU, affecting QEMU and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A malicious guest operating system can exploit the asynchronous nature of hot-unplugging network devices to trigger an assertion, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.6 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE match | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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