Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-4172
An integer overflow and buffer overflow issues were found in the ACPI Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) device of QEMU in the read_erst_record() and write_erst_record() functions. Both issues may allow the guest to overrun the host buffer allocated for the ERST memory device. A malicious guest could use these flaws to crash the QEMU process on the host.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 4.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
References
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/defb7098
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1268
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7J5IRXJYLELW7D43A75LOWRUE5EU54O/
- https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20221024154233.1043347-1-lk%40c--e.de/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0013/
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/defb7098
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1268
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7J5IRXJYLELW7D43A75LOWRUE5EU54O/
- https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20221024154233.1043347-1-lk%40c--e.de/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0013/
Products affected by CVE-2022-4172
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cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.0.0
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37