UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3165

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3165

    Published: 17 Oct 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-3165
    Aliases:
    USN-5772-1

    Summary:

    Details: An integer underflow issue was found in the QEMU VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages in the extended format. A malicious client could use this flaw to make QEMU unresponsive by sending a specially crafted payload message, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3165, https://bugzillia.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129739, https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-09/msg03948.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5772-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3165

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.6?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.6

    Affected versions

    1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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