6.5

CVE-2022-42313: debian debian_linux

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2022-42313UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42313DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42313
Published 01-11-2022Last modified 06-05-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-42313 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 9

Timeline

  1. 01-11-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Xenstore: guests can let run xenstored out of memory T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Malicious guests can cause xenstored to allocate vast amounts of memory, eventually resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) of xenstored. There are multiple ways how guests can cause large memory allocations in xenstored: - - by issuing new requests to xenstored without reading the responses, causing the responses to be buffered in memory - - by causing large number of watch events to be generated via setting up multiple xenstore watches and then e.g. deleting many xenstore nodes below the watched path - - by creating as many nodes as allowed with the maximum allowed size and path length in as many transactions as possible - - by accessing many nodes inside a transaction

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • xen< 4.15.4-r0 | < 4.16.3-r0 | < 4.17.0-r0
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • xenAll versions (No fix recorded)
Xen1 product

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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