Modified
Published: 10 Apr 2024, 14:32
Last modified:08 Nov 2025, 06:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.1% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Apr 2024, 14:32
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Nov 2025, 06:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A flaw was found in QEMU. An assertion failure was present in the update_sctp_checksum() function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c when trying to calculate the checksum of a short-sized fragmented packet. This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash QEMU and cause a denial of service condition.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.10% Percentile: 27%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-617Reachable Assertion

    The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected Systems

  • qemuqemu

    ≥ 8.1.0, < 8.2.3 | 9.0.0:rc0 | 9.0.0:rc1 | 9.0.0:rc2

  • redhatenterprise_linux

    9.0

References (5)