CVE-2022-42309

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:04 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraXen

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored Due to a bug in the fix of XSA-115 a malicious guest can cause xenstored to use a wrong pointer during node creation in an error path, resulting in a crash of xenstored or a memory corruption in xenstored causing further damage. Entering the error path can be controlled by the guest e.g. by exceeding the quota value of maximum nodes per domain.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xen· Xenwordpress-plugin
95%
All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in consult Xen advisory XSA-414 (unknown)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-763

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