What is CVE-2022-36648?

CVE-2022-36648 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-36648?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Qemu

CVE-2022-36648

The hardware emulation in the of_dpa_cmd_add_l2_flood of rocker device model in QEMU, as used in 7.0.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to crash the host qemu and potentially execute code on the host via execute a malformed program in…

EPSS: 0.014 (69.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Qemu
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36648?: CVE-2022-36648 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-36648?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.