NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions <1:8.0.4+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-QEMU-5840760
  • published15 Aug 2023
  • disclosed14 Aug 2023

Introduced: 14 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40360  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 qemu to version 1:8.0.4+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

QEMU through 8.0.4 accesses a NULL pointer in nvme_directive_receive in hw/nvme/ctrl.c because there is no check for whether an endurance group is configured before checking whether Flexible Data Placement is enabled.

CVSS Scores

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