Buffer overflow in Xen - CVE-2022-26363

 

Buffer overflow in Xen - CVE-2022-26363

Published: June 16, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64448
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26363
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient care with non-coherent mappings. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted data and trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-26363

Install updates from vendor's website.

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