CVE-2022-42334
x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which…
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- Updated
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- XEN
Description
x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] To allow cachability control for HVM guests with passed through devices, an interface exists to explicitly override defaults which would otherwise be put in place. While not exposed to the affected guests themselves, the interface specifically exists for domains controlling such guests. This interface may therefore be used by not fully privileged entities, e.g. qemu running deprivileged in Dom0 or qemu running in a so called stub-domain. With this exposure it is an issue that - the number of the such controlled regions was unbounded (CVE-2022-42333), - installation and removal of such regions was not properly serialized (CVE-2022-42334).
Timeline
ID reserved
By XEN
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
References (7)
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-428.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-428.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20230321 Xen Security Advisory 428 v3 (CVE-2022-42333,CVE-2022-42334) - x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-703f133eb3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-da8315e641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- DSA-5378 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07 (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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