CVE-2023-20573 (GCVE-0-2023-20573)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-11 13:53 – Updated: 2025-06-20 16:12
VLAI
Title
Debug Exception Delivery in Secure Nested Paging
Summary
A privileged attacker can prevent delivery of debug exceptions to SEV-SNP guests potentially resulting in guests not receiving expected debug information.
Severity
3.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-11 20:36 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-01-09 17:30
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