CVE-2023-3019: Qemu: e1000e: heap use-after-free in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-3019 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Use After Free vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 4Timeline
- 24-07-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 12-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.32%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
25%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.32% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat197 products
- enterprise_linux8.0 | 9.0
- hivex< 0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
- hivex-debuginfo< 0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
- hivex-debugsource< 0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
- hivex-devel< 0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+18724+20190c23
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u4 | < 1:8.2.0+ds-1
Qemu1 product
- qemu< 8.2.0
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4 | < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm3 | < 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm2 | < 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.30 | < 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.24
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References
16 links- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0135Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATAdvisoryThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222351Issue TrackingX Refsource REDHATREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0005/X Transferred