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CVE-2023-42467

Published: 11 September 2023

QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c because scsi_disk_emulate_mode_select does not prevent s->qdev.blocksize from being 256. This stops QEMU and the guest immediately.

Notes

AuthorNote
Priority reason:
Privileged guest user can crash own VM only

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
lunar
Released (1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.4)
mantic
Released (1:8.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu3.23.10.2)
noble
Released (1:8.1.3+ds-1ubuntu1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/7cfcc79b0ab800959716738aff9419f53fc68c9c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H