CVE record · CVE-2023-5088

Qemu: improper ide controller reset can lead to mbr overwrite

CVSS 6.4 MediumEPSS 0.0026 · 17th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 3 Nov 2023, 13:58 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: virt-devel:rhel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8100020240314161907.e155f54d to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: virt:rhel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 8100020240314161907.e155f54d to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: qemu-kvm https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: qemu-kvm https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: qemu-kvm https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: qemu-kvm-ma https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization Package name: virt:av/qemu-kvm https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2023-5088
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-821
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
CWE-821
Published: 3 Nov 2023
Updated: 25 Feb 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.4	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0026, the 17th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 3 Nov 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2135 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2962 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5088 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247283 issue-trackingredhat
lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/

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