QEMU Paravirtual RDMA Device out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in QEMU. This impacts an unknown function of the component Paravirtual RDMA Device. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-1544. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in QEMU (Virtualization Software) (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Paravirtual RDMA Device. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. This flaw allows a crafted guest driver to allocate and initialize a huge number of page tables to be used as a ring of descriptors for CQ and async events, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds read and crash of QEMU.

The weakness was published 03/24/2023. The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-1544 since 03/21/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/11/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209569 (Oracle Linux 8 : virt:kvm_utils1 (ELSA-2024-12791)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (209569) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-23779). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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NVD Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209569
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 8 : virt:kvm_utils1 (ELSA-2024-12791)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/21/2023 🔍
03/24/2023 +3 days 🔍
03/24/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/11/2025 +871 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: qemu.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-1544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223760
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2023 07:10
Updated: 08/11/2025 08:08
Changes: 03/24/2023 07:10 (37), 04/13/2023 21:34 (11), 10/26/2024 22:38 (17), 08/11/2025 08:08 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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