CVE-2024-3567

Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum()

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 5.5
EPSS: EPSS 0.45 % · percentile 39 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2024-04-10
Updated: 2025-11-08
Assigner: redhat
NVD status: Modified

Description

A flaw was found in QEMU. An assertion failure was present in the update_sctp_checksum() function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c when trying to calculate the checksum of a short-sized fragmented packet. This flaw allows a malicious guest to crash QEMU and cause a denial of service condition.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	redhat
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-617

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-32153
GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-3567

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.1.0 < 8.2.3
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:9.0.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:9.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:9.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
net	affected 8.2.92
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	unaffected 17:9.0.0-10.el9_5.3 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD