High severity · published May 23, 2023
CVE-2023-30440
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860.00 through FW860.B3, FW950.00 through FW950.70, FW1010.00 through FW1010.50, FW1020.00 through FW1020.30, and FW1030.00 through FW1030.10 could allow…
7.9
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860.00 through FW860.B3, FW950.00 through FW950.70, FW1010.00 through FW1010.50, FW1020.00 through FW1020.30, and FW1030.00 through FW1030.10 could allow a local attacker with control a partition that has been assigned SRIOV virtual function (VF) to cause a denial of service to a peer partition or arbitrary data corruption. IBM X-Force ID: 253175.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Powervm Hypervisor · Ibm
fw860 through fw860.b3; fw950 through fw950.70; fw1010 through fw1010.50; fw1020.00 through fw1020.30; fw1030.00 through fw1030.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30440
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30440
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253175
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6997133
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