What is CVE-2022-1050?

CVE-2022-1050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-1050?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Qemu

CVE-2022-1050

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device. This flaw allows a crafted guest driver to execute HW commands when shared buffers are not yet allocated, potentially leading to a use-after-free condition.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Qemu
N/a Qemu — versions qemu 2.20.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1050?: CVE-2022-1050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-1050?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.