CVE-2022-43848 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting IBM AIX versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1, stemming from a flaw in the AIX perfstat kernel extension. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) can be exploited locally by a non-privileged user with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service without impacting confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.