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CVE-2022-4172
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-11-29T18:15:10.623 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:20:09.937

Summary

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

qemu — qemu

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References

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