Vulnerability · Published Jul 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-35414

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the qemu package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

softmmu/physmem.c in QEMU through 7.0.0 can perform an uninitialized read on the translate_fail path, leading to an io_readx or io_writex crash. NOTE: a third party states that the Non-virtualization Use Case in the qemu.org reference applies here, i.e., "Bugs affecting the non-virtualization use case are not considered security bugs at this time.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12qemu1:7.1+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35414
Debian:13qemu1:7.1+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35414
Debian:14qemu1:7.1+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35414

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References