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CVE-2022-4172

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.5 Published: 2022-11-29 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Qemu QemuFedoraproject Fedora

Weakness Type

CWE-120

References