CVE-2023-6683 Qemu: vnc: null pointer dereference in qemu_clipboard_request()

2024-01-1219:01:25

CWE-476

redhat

www.cve.org

cve-2023-6683

qemu

vnc

null pointer

dereference

qemu_clipboard_request

denial of service

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.5%

JSON

A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. The qemu_clipboard_request() function can be reached before vnc_server_cut_text_caps() was called and had the chance to initialize the clipboard peer, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This could allow a malicious authenticated VNC client to crash QEMU and trigger a denial of service.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
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    "packageName": "virt:av/qemu-kvm",
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    ]
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]