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CVE-2022-26353

QEMU: virtio-net: map leaking on error during receive

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A flaw was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU version: 6.2.0.

Se ha encontrado un fallo en el dispositivo virtio-net de QEMU. Este fallo fue introducido inadvertidamente con la corrección de CVE-2021-3748, que olvidaba desmapear los elementos de virtqueue almacenados en caché en caso de error, conllevando a pérdidas de memoria y otros resultados no esperados. Versión de QEMU afectada: 6.2.0

A flaw was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage, use-after-free or other unexpected results. A malicious privileged guest could exploit this issue to crash QEMU or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process on the host.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-03-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-03-16 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-10-20 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Qemu
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Qemu
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6.2.0
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Affected
Debian
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Debian Linux
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11.0
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Affected