Vulnerability · Published Dec 23, 2022 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2022-39164IBM AIX denial of service

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in AIX from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX kernel to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 235181.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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