CVE-2022-3872HighMicrosoft CVSS 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Microsoft security update for CVE-2022-3872

Published
May 31, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products3

  • azl3 qemu 6.2.0-18 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 qemu 6.2.0-12 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cm1 qemu-kvm 4.2.0-48 on CBL Mariner 1.0

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 3 updates

3 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
—Security Update4.2.0-48
—Security Update6.2.0-12
—Security Update6.2.0-18

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2022-3872

EchelonGraph score
8.6 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

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.

Published by Red Hat, Inc., the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2022-3872, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (2)