CVE-2023-4135
QEMU: NVMe: out-of-bounds read information disclosure vulnerability
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · August 3, 2023
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A heap out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the virtual nvme device in QEMU. The QEMU process does not validate an offset provided by the guest before computing a host heap pointer, which is used for copying data back to the guest. Arbitrary heap memory relative to an allocated buffer can be disclosed.
Statement
The qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not affected by this flaw as they do not include support for NVMe emulation.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read