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.
Published: 2022-11-29
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51533 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6167-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Fedoraproject Fedora
Qemu Qemu
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-14T18:10:14.679Z

Reserved: 2022-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-4172

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:48.810Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-29T18:15:10.623

Modified: 2025-04-14T18:15:25.480

Link: CVE-2022-4172

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-10-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-4172 - Bugzilla

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