CVE-2023-6693
A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.
Published:Jan 2, 2024
Last Modified:Feb 25, 2026
EPS:Jan 2, 2024
EPSS Score:0.00027
CVSS Score:4.9
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Fedoraproject
Product
Fedora
Fedoraproject
Fedora
Vendor
Qemu
Product
Qemu
Qemu
Qemu
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Advanced Virtualization
Redhat
Advanced Virtualization
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Integrity
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Availability
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