CVE-2023-3354NULL Pointer Dereference in Qemu

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 11
Latest updateJan 8

Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server. When a client connects to the VNC server, QEMU checks whether the current number of connections crosses a certain threshold and if so, cleans up the previous connection. If the previous connection happens to be in the handshake phase and fails, QEMU cleans up the connection again, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference issue. This could allow a remote unauthenticated client to cause a denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDqemu/qemu< 8.1.0+1
Debianqemu/qemu< 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3+3

Also affects: Fedora 38, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
Improper i/o watch removal in tls handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service2023-07-11
OSV
CVE-2023-3354: A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server2023-07-11
GHSA
GHSA-vhf9-5f69-9hjm: A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server2023-07-11

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities2024-01-08
Microsoft
Improper i/o watch removal in tls handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service2023-07-11
Red Hat
QEMU: VNC: improper I/O watch removal in TLS handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service2023-06-28
Debian
CVE-2023-3354: qemu - A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server. When a client connects to the ...2023