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CVE-2023-2680 — This CVE exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750

This CVE exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750. More specifically, the qemu-kvm package as released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 via RHSA-2022:7967 included a version of qemu-kvm that was actually missing the fix for CVE-2021-3750.

CVSS
7.5 HIGH
EPSS
3.00% (top 91.70%)
CWE
CWE-416
Published
2023-09-13T16:50:53.532Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T16:44:57.370Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

This CVE exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750. More specifically, the qemu-kvm package as released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 via RHSA-2022:7967 included a version of qemu-kvm that was actually missing the fix for CVE-2021-3750.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / qemuunspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualizationunspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9unspecified
Red HatRed Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)unspecified
FedoraFedoraunspecified
FedoraExtra Packages for Enterprise Linuxunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

CVE-2021-3750
Cited in vendor advisory

08Timeline

09References

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