CVE-2023-3019
MediumCVSS 6.0Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs
Summary
A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
Risk Assessment
The organization may experience service outages due to QEMU crashes, which could impact the operation of virtual machines and applications dependent on this infrastructure.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update QEMU to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential exploitation attempts.
Original NVD description (English source)
A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.