CVE-2023-2680
Publication date 13 September 2023
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| qemu | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Notes
mdeslaur
This is a Red Hat specific CVE that only applied to their package, and not the qemu package in any other distro, including Ubuntu
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.2 · High
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |