CVE-2024-3446 is a double free vulnerability in QEMU's virtio devices (virtio-gpu, virtio-serial-bus, virtio-crypto) caused by insufficient protection against DMA reentrancy. A malicious privileged guest user could exploit this to crash the QEMU process on the host, leading to a denial of service, or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 8.2), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and a change in scope. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are also minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization | All Versions ImpactedCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault unknown | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault unknown | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | All Versions ImpactedCNA affecteddefault affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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