CVE-2022-36661 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

xhyve commit dfbe09b was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component vi_pci_read(). This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2022-09-07

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xhyve_project:xhyve:2021-10-02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39364	xhyve commit dfbe09b was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component vi_pci_read(). This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00327.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://awxylitol.github.io/2022/07/21/disclose-three-bugs-in-xhyve.html

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Xhyve Project Xhyve

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-07T16:30:08.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T19:31:54.317Z

Reserved: 2022-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36661

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:07:34.506Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-07T17:15:08.667

Modified: 2025-06-17T20:15:27.457

Link: CVE-2022-36661

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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