CVE-2023-6693

A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.

CVSS v3 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.4 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4492
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254580	Issue Tracking Patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254580	Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OYGUN5HVOXESW7MSNM44E4AE2VNXQB6Y/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0004/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0::::-:::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0::::advanced_virtualization:::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 May 2025, 09:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4492 -

Information

Published : 2024-01-02 10:15

Updated : 2025-05-06 09:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-6693

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6693

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-6693

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

redhat

enterprise_linux

qemu

qemu

CWE

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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