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CVE-2022-3872

QEMU: sdhci: buffer data port register off-by-one read/write

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 7, 2022

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An off-by-one read/write issue was found in the SDHCI device of QEMU. It occurs when reading/writing the Buffer Data Port Register in sdhci_read_dataport and sdhci_write_dataport, respectively, if data_count == block_size. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Statement

This flaw does not affect the versions of qemu-kvm as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and RHEL Advanced Virtualization, as they do not include support for SDHCI device emulation.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-193 · Off-by-one Error