CVE-2022-4172
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Nov 29, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 28, 2022
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-120 , CWE-190
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
QEMU (ACPI ERST)n/a |
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References
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