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    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 disk (vdiskL2) stored on a virtual disk of an L1 (vdiskL1) hypervisor to read and/or write data to LBA 0 of vdiskL1, potentially gaining control of L1 at its next reboot.

    Published:Sep 21, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 25, 2026
    EPS:Nov 3, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00014
    CVSS Score:6.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Qemu
    Product
    Qemu
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Advanced Virtualization
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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