What is CVE-2022-36661?

CVE-2022-36661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xhyve Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-36661?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Xhyve Project

CVE-2022-36661

xhyve commit dfbe09b was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component vi_pci_read(). This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service via unspecified vectors.

EPSS: 0.007 (51.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Xhyve_project Xhyve — versions 2021-10-02
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36661?: CVE-2022-36661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xhyve Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-36661?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.