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CVE-2022-3165
An integer underflow issue was found in the QEMU VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages in the extended format. A malicious…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.6%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
QEMU
- affected Affected 6.1.0 and later. Will be fixed in 7.2.0-rc0.
References (4)
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/d307040b18 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-8dcdfe7297 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-4387579e67 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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