Vulnerability CVE-2022-4172: Information

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.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: Nov. 29, 2022
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-120

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*