What is CVE-2022-47990?

CVE-2022-47990 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2023-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-47990?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in IBM Aix

CVE-2022-47990

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (11.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Aix — versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.1
Ibm Vios — versions 3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-47990?: CVE-2022-47990 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2023-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-47990?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.