{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2025-08-11T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "qemu-kvm: uefi-vars: information disclosure vulnerability in uefi_vars_write callback",
    "id" : "2387588",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2387588"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "3.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-212",
  "details" : [ "A flaw was found in QEMU in the uefi-vars virtual device. When the guest writes to register UEFI_VARS_REG_BUFFER_SIZE, the .write callback `uefi_vars_write` is invoked. The function allocates a heap buffer without zeroing the memory, leaving the buffer filled with residual data from prior allocations. When the guest later reads from register UEFI_VARS_REG_PIO_BUFFER_TRANSFER, the .read callback `uefi_vars_read` returns leftover metadata or other sensitive process memory from the previously allocated buffer, leading to an information disclosure vulnerability.", "A flaw was found in QEMU in the uefi-vars virtual device. When the guest writes to register UEFI_VARS_REG_BUFFER_SIZE, the .write callback `uefi_vars_write` is invoked. The function allocates a heap buffer without zeroing the memory, leaving the buffer filled with residual data from prior allocations. When the guest later reads from register UEFI_VARS_REG_PIO_BUFFER_TRANSFER, the .read callback `uefi_vars_read` returns leftover metadata or other sensitive process memory from the previously allocated buffer, leading to an information disclosure vulnerability." ],
  "statement" : "The `qemu-kvm` packages shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and RHEL Advanced Virtualization are not affected by this CVE because they didn't provide support for the UEFI variable service (uefi-vars virtual device).",
  "acknowledgement" : "Red Hat would like to thank ZDI (zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com) for reporting this issue.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "qemu-kvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "qemu-kvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "qemu-kvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "qemu-kvm-ma",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "virt:rhel/qemu-kvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "virt:8.2/qemu-kvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "virt:av/qemu-kvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "qemu-kvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "rhcos",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8860\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8860" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2025-8860",
  "csaw" : false
}