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CVE-2022-3165

Published: 17 October 2022

An integer underflow issue was found in the QEMU VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages in the extended format. A malicious client could use this flaw to make QEMU unresponsive by sending a specially crafted payload message, resulting in a denial of service.

Notes

AuthorNote
rodrigo-zaiden
from the patch being proposed in qemu-devel list
it was introduced in v6.1.0-rc0 with commit
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/0bf41cab93e5c72dcda717abd625698b59d9ba3e

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy
Released (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.6)
kinetic
Released (1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/d307040b18bfcb1393b910f1bae753d5c12a4dc7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H