Vulnerability · Published Mar 29, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-1050
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in QEMU. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. This flaw allows a crafted guest driver to execute HW commands when shared buffers are not yet allocated, potentially leading to a use-after-free condition.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | qemu | 1:7.1+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1050 |
| Debian:13 | qemu | 1:7.1+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1050 |
| Debian:14 | qemu | 1:7.1+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1050 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qemu | 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11 | USN-6167-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qemu | 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1050 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416