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CVE-2023-40360

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40360 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in QEMU versions up to 8.0.4, specifically within the nvme_directive_receive function. This flaw occurs due to a missing check for endurance group configuration before assessing Flexible Data Placement, potentially leading to a denial-of-service. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to trigger, resulting in high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-40360Moderate

QEMU: NVMe: NULL pointer dereference in nvme_directive_receive()

Aug 6, 2023

References

gitlab.com / birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7b98
Patch
gitlab.com / qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230915-0004
Third Party Advisory
qemu.org / docs/master/system/security.html
Vendor Advisory