Is CVE-2022-4172 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-4172 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-4172?

CVE-2022-4172 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-4172?

CVE-2022-4172 has an EPSS score of 0.38% (30th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4172?

Upgrade qemu on debian 12 to 1:7.2+dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 98 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-4172

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An integer overflow and buffer overflow issues were found in the ACPI Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) device of QEMU in the read_erst_record() and write_erst_record() functions. Both issues may allow the guest to overrun the host buffer allocated for the ERST memory device. A malicious guest could use these flaws to crash the QEMU process on the host.

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

qemuDebian

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-1CVE-2022-4172

qemu-guest-agentRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-guest-agentRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-guest-agent-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-guest-agent-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-imgRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-imgRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-img-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-img-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvmRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvmRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-audio-paRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-audio-paRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-audio-pa-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-audio-pa-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-curlRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-curlRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-curl-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-curl-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-rbdRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-rbdRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-rbd-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-block-rbd-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-commonRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-commonRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-common-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-common-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-coreRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-coreRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-core-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-core-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpuRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpuRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccwRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccwRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pciRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pciRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vgaRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vgaRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-hostRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-hostRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-host-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-host-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirectRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirectRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-docsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-docsRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-tests-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-tests-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-toolsRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-toolsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-tools-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-tools-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headlessRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headlessRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-openglRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-openglRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-opengl-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-kvm-ui-opengl-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-pr-helperRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-pr-helperRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-pr-helper-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemu-pr-helper-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:17:7.2.0-14.el9_2RHSA-2023:2162

qemuUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

qemu-guest-agentUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-kvmUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

qemu-systemUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-aarch64Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-armUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-dataUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-guiUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-mipsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-miscUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-ppcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-s390xUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-sparcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-x86Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm3USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm2USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm1USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-x86-microvmUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

qemu-system-x86-xenUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

qemu-system-xenUbuntu

Fixed in:1:7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu2.6USN-6167-1

Fixed in:1:7.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.2USN-6167-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

gitlab.com

Exploit1

gitlab.com

Third-Party Advisory1

security.netapp.com

Other references2

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