Off-by-One Read/Write Issue in QEMU's SDHCI Device
CVE-2022-3872

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Qemu

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 November 2022

What is CVE-2022-3872?

An off-by-one read/write issue has been identified in the SDHCI device of QEMU that allows for potential manipulation during the interaction with the Buffer Data Port Register. If a malicious guest sends specific data that results in an equality between data_count and block_size, it can exploit this vulnerability to crash the QEMU host process. This may lead to a denial of service condition, impacting the overall stability and availability of services that rely on the affected QEMU instance. Organizations should address this vulnerability by applying the latest updates.

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Affected Version(s)

QEMU Affected: up to latest v7.1.0-rc4

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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