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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2022-4172

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() funct

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

n/a QEMU (ACPI ERST)

  • Affected: 7.0.0, Fixed: 7.2.0-rc0affected

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