cvelist/2022/33xxx/CVE-2022-33747.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@xen.org",
        "ID": "CVE-2022-33747",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "xen",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "?",
                                            "version_value": "consult Xen advisory XSA-409"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Xen"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "configuration": {
        "configuration_data": {
            "description": {
                "description_data": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "All versions of Xen are affected.\n\nOnly Arm systems are vulnerable.  x86 systems are not vulnerable."
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Arm: unbounded memory consumption for 2nd-level page tables Certain actions require e.g. removing pages from a guest's P2M (Physical-to-Machine) mapping. When large pages are in use to map guest pages in the 2nd-stage page tables, such a removal operation may incur a memory allocation (to replace a large mapping with individual smaller ones). These memory allocations are taken from the global memory pool. A malicious guest might be able to cause the global memory pool to be exhausted by manipulating its own P2M mappings."
            }
        ]
    },
    "impact": {
        "impact_data": {
            "description": {
                "description_data": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "A malicious guest could cause a Denial of Service, preventing any system\noperation requiring further allocation of Xen memory, including creating\nnew guests.  NB however that memory exhaustion by itself shouldn\u2019t cause\neither Xen or properly-written guests to crash."
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "unknown"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-409.txt",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-409.txt"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-409.html",
                "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-409.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[oss-security] 20221011 Xen Security Advisory 409 v3 (CVE-2022-33747) - Arm: unbounded memory consumption for 2nd-level page tables",
                "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/11/5"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "FEDORA",
                "name": "FEDORA-2022-5b594b82ac",
                "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWSC77GS5NATI3TT7FMVPULUPXR635XQ/"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "DEBIAN",
                "name": "DSA-5272",
                "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5272"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "FEDORA",
                "name": "FEDORA-2022-d80cc73088",
                "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJOMUNGW6VTK5CZZRLWLVVEOUPEQBRHI/"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "FEDORA",
                "name": "FEDORA-2022-99af00f60e",
                "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZVXG7OOOXCX6VIPEMLFDPIPUTFAYWPE/"
            }
        ]
    },
    "workaround": {
        "workaround_data": {
            "description": {
                "description_data": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "There is no known mitigation."
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}