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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-3255

A wrong exit condition may lead to an infinite loop when inflating an attacker controlled zlib buffer in the `inflate_buffer` function.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.89%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. A wrong exit condition may lead to an infinite loop when inflating an attacker controlled zlib buffer in the `inflate_buffer` function. This could allow a remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard to the VNC server to trigger a denial of service.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.89% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
qemu/qemu · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.