CVE-2022-42309

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileDERUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.29% (22nd) EPSS
CVSS 8.8 · high
Is it mine?
22 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6
v3.18.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (22)

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advisories (1)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2022-1939Xen: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-11-01csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Xen und Citrix Systems Hypervisor ausnutzen um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, Informationen offenzulegen oder seine Rechte zu erweitern.

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