CVE-2022-3872: High severity Qemu Qemu vulnerability

Published Nov 7, 2022
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Updated

An off-by-one read/write issue was found in the SDHCI device of QEMU. It occurs when reading/writing the Buffer Data Port Register in sdhcireaddataport and sdhciwritedataport, respectively, if datacount == blocksize. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Affected Software

7 affected components
Qemu Qemu<7.1.0
Qemu Qemu=7.1.0
Qemu Qemu=7.1.0-rc0
Qemu Qemu=7.1.0-rc1
Qemu Qemu=7.1.0-rc2
Qemu Qemu=7.1.0-rc3
Qemu Qemu=7.1.0-rc4

Event History

Nov 7, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-3872.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-3872?

The severity of CVE-2022-3872 is high with a score of 8.6.

3

How does CVE-2022-3872 affect QEMU?

CVE-2022-3872 affects QEMU version up to and excluding 7.1.0.

4

How can a malicious guest exploit CVE-2022-3872?

A malicious guest could exploit CVE-2022-3872 to crash the QEMU process on the host.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-3872?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-3872 in the references: [1](https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-11/msg01068.html), [2](https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0005/).

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