CVE-2022-0216

Published Aug 26, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation of QEMU. The flaw occurs while processing repeated messages to cancel the current SCSI request via the lsi_do_msgout function. This flaw allows a malicious privileged user within the guest to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
4.4
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
0.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-416
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-416

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