Answer in brief
CVE-2023-5088 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in Qemu: improper ide controller reset can lead to mbr overwrite. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/virt:av/qemu-kvm (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Red Hat/virt:av/qemu-kvm (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/virt:av/qemu-kvmgeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Nov 3, 2023
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 7, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 7, 2026
A bug in QEMU could cause a guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be targeted to offset 0 instead (potentially overwriting the VM's boot code). This could be used, for example, by L2 guests with a virtual disk (vdiskL2) stored on a virtual disk of an L1 (vdiskL1) hypervisor to read and/or write data to LBA 0 of vdiskL1, potentially gaining control of L1 at its next reboot.
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