CVE-2022-39164 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 235181.

Published: 2022-12-23

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

AIX

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.1, 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41709	IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 235181.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00052.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235181
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847947

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Ibm Aix Vios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2022-12-23T19:26:58.929Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T18:46:12.078Z

Reserved: 2022-09-01T20:20:58.939Z

Link: CVE-2022-39164

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:10:32.540Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-23T20:15:20.440

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:17:41.963

Link: CVE-2022-39164

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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