Vulnerability in Qemu

CVE-2022-26353

A flaw was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the fix for CVE-2021-3748, which forgot to unmap the cached virtqueue elements on error, leading to memory leakage and other unexpected results. Affected QEMU version: 6.2.0.

EPSS: 0.027 (84.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26353?
CVE-2022-26353 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-26353?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.