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CVE-2022-42334

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42334 is a vulnerability in Xen's x86/HVM pinned cache attributes handling, affecting Debian, Fedora, and Xen hypervisors. It stems from improper serialization during the installation and removal of controlled memory regions for HVM guests with passed-through devices. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with local access to cause a denial of service (A:H) due to the lack of proper serialization. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.11.0, <= 4.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5L6PM4RE7MUE6OWA32ZVOXCP235RM2TM
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APBMS2Q6746AXAFAITNJMGBNFGNMVLWR
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202402-07
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5378
Third Party Advisory
xenbits.xenproject.org / xsa/advisory-428.txt
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/03/21/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-428.html
Vendor Advisory