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CVE-2022-3872

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3872 is an off-by-one read/write vulnerability in the SDHCI device of QEMU, affecting QEMU versions. This flaw allows a malicious guest to trigger a denial of service on the host by crashing the QEMU process. Rated 8.6 HIGH on CVSS, it is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.1.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:7.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 4.2.0-48
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 4.2.0-48
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 6.2.0-12
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 6.2.0-12
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 6.2.0-18
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 6.2.0-18
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18533-16820Fixed in: 4.2.0-48
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18534-16823Fixed in: 6.2.0-12
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18535-17084Fixed in: 6.2.0-18
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 qemu-kvm 4.2.0-48 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 4.2.0-48
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 qemu 6.2.0-12 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 6.2.0-12
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 qemu 6.2.0-18 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.2.0-18

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2022-3872

CVE-2022-3872

Sep 10, 2024
microsoft2022-Nov/CVE-2022-3872Important

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.

Nov 8, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-3872Moderate

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

Nov 7, 2022

References

lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-11/msg01068.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221215-0005
Third Party Advisory