CVE-2023-46840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00023.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-450.html

History

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: XEN

Published: 2024-03-20T10:40:18.050Z

Updated: 2024-11-04T21:39:44.430Z

Reserved: 2023-10-27T07:55:35.333Z

Link: CVE-2023-46840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:53:21.926Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-20T11:15:08.180

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:29:24.200

Link: CVE-2023-46840

Redhat

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