Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Xen - CVE-2022-42333
Published: March 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU73894
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42333
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service attack or escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to mishandling of pinned cache attributes, related to unbound number of controlled regions. An attacker controlling HVM guests can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack and potentially escalate privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-42333
Install updates from vendor's website.