CVE-2022-4144

QEMU: QXL: qxl_phys2virt unsafe address translation can lead to out-of-bounds read

Published Nov 29, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. The qxl_phys2virt() function does not check the size of the structure pointed to by the guest physical address, potentially reading past the end of the bar space into adjacent pages. A malicious guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host causing a denial of service condition.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51506 An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. The qxl_phys2virt() function does not check the size of the structure pointed to by the guest physical address, potentially reading past the end of the bar space into adjacent pages. A malicious guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host causing a denial of service condition.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6167-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Apr 14, 2025, 6:09 PM
Reserved
Nov 25, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 29, 2022, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:20 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 25, 2022, 12:00 AM