SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2023-46840

Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results in logic that doesn't operate as intended when support for HVM guests is compiled out of Xen.

MEDIUM 4.1EPSS 0.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results in logic that doesn't operate as intended when support for HVM guests is compiled out of Xen.

CVSS 3.1
4.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.26% probability · 18th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-670
Affected
xen/xen · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
security@xen.org

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