Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CVE-2023-5088
A bug in QEMU could cause a guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be targeted to offset 0 instead (potentially overwriting the VM's boot code). This could be used, for example, by L2 guests with a virtual d…
EPSS: 0.000 (2.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 8100020240314161907.e155f54d
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — versions 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- RHSA-2024:2135 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- RHSA-2024:2962 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5088 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- RHBZ#2247283 (issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- lore.kernel.org/all/20230921160712.99521-1-simon.rowe@nutanix.com/T/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-5088?
- CVE-2023-5088 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under CWE-821. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-11-03.
- How severe is CVE-2023-5088?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-5088 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.