CVE-2022-4172

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4172
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-4172.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-4172
Downstream
Related
Published
2022-11-29T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:19Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-120"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/4xxx/CVE-2022-4172.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "Affected: 7.0.0, Fixed: 7.2.0-rc0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "Affected: 7.0.0, Fixed: 7.2.0-rc0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/qemu/qemu

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/qemu/qemu
Events
Introduced
823a3f11fb8f04c3c3cc0f95f968fef1bfc6534f
Last Affected
823a3f11fb8f04c3c3cc0f95f968fef1bfc6534f
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "7.0.0-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0.0-NA"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.0.0-NA
v7.*
v7.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-4172.json"

Git / gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
Events
Introduced
823a3f11fb8f04c3c3cc0f95f968fef1bfc6534f
Fixed
defb7098
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "7.0.0-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0.0-NA"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.0.0-NA

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-4172.json"