CVE-2022-42309

HIGH

Xenstore - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored Due to a bug in the fix of XSA-115 a malicious guest can cause xenstored to use a wrong pointer during node creation in an error path, resulting in a crash of xenstored or a memory corruption in xenstored causing further damage. Entering the error path can be controlled by the guest e.g. by exceeding the quota value of maximum nodes per domain.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 19.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-763
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
fedoraproject/fedora 35
fedoraproject/fedora 36
fedoraproject/fedora 37
xen/xen
Published Nov 01, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026