CVE-2023-3354 HIGH

CVE-2023-3354: Improper i/o watch removal in tls handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service

Vendor N/A
Product qemu
Weakness CWE-476
Published July 11, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server. When a client connects to the VNC server, QEMU checks whether the current number of connections crosses a certain threshold and if so, cleans up the previous connection. If the previous connection happens to be in the handshake phase and fails, QEMU cleans up the connection again, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference issue. This could allow a remote unauthenticated client to cause a denial of service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 11, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated