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CVE-2024-3446

DiscoveredApr 9, 2024UpdatedApr 15, 2026

A double free vulnerability was found in QEMU virtio devices (virtio-gpu, virtio-serial-bus, virtio-crypto), where the mem_reentrancy_guard flag insufficiently protects against DMA reentrancy issues. This issue could allow a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or allow arbitrary code execution within the context of the QEMU process on the host.

CVSS v3.1
8.2 HIGH
EPSS
0.30%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
2
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Aug 26, 2026
▲ 0.02pp
0.28% → 0.30% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionNONE
ScopeCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
3 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Apr 9, 2024
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 15, 2026
Sep 11, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7744-1: QEMU vulnerabilities
Jun 9, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8412-1: QEMU vulnerabilities