CVE-2022-3165

An integer underflow issue was found in the QEMU VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages in the extended format. A malicious client could use this flaw to make QEMU unresponsive by sending a specially crafted payload message, resulting in a denial of service.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2022-10-17

Last modified

2025-05-14

Weaknesses

CWE-191

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Qemu (Qemu)

References

• https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/d307040b18
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I36LKZA7Z65J3LJU2P37LV…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZTY7TVHX62OJWF6IOBCIGL…
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0006/