CVE-2022-47990 IBM AIX denial of service
A local non-privileged user can exploit a buffer overflow in X11 on IBM AIX to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-47990?
CVE-2022-47990 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 18 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and VIOS , 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in X11 to cause a buffer overflow that could result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. IBM X-Force ID: 243556.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47990?
It affects 2 products.
How do I fix CVE-2022-47990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-47990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-47990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c94m-rxvf-jmrc.