CVE-2022-47990

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.21% (11th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and VIOS , 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in X11 to cause a buffer overflow that could result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. IBM X-Force ID: 243556.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.2–7.8

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.6

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-120US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM AIX 7.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.1
IBM AIX 7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.2
IBM AIX 7.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.3
IBM VIOS 3.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:vios:3.1
IBM AIX≤ 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1enisa_euvdEU
ibm aix= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0104IBM AIX: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-01-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM AIX und IBM VIOS ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-01-18modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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