Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CVE-2024-4693
A flaw was found in the QEMU Virtio PCI Bindings (hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c). An improper release and use of the irqfd for vector 0 during the boot process leads to a guest triggerable crash via vhost_net_stop(). This flaw allows a malicious…
EPSS: 0.003 (24.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-4693?
- CVE-2024-4693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-4693?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.