{"id":"CVE-2023-40360","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-40360","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:56:48.787Z","title":"QEMU through 8.0.4 accesses a NULL pointer in nvme_directive_receive in hw/nvme/ctrl.c because there is no check for whether an endurance group is configured before checking whether Flexible Data Placement is enabled.","description":"QEMU through 8.0.4 accesses a NULL pointer in nvme_directive_receive in hw/nvme/ctrl.c because there is no check for whether an endurance group is configured before checking whether Flexible Data Placement is enabled.","published":"2023-08-14T18:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:17:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["qemu/qemu"],"epss":{"score":0.00363,"percentile":0.29866,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7b98","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/birkelund/qemu/-/commit/6c8f8456cb0b239812dee5211881426496da7b98","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1815","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0004/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/security.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40360","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}