CVE-2022-43849 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-43849: IBM AIX denial of service

Vendor Ibm

Product AIX

Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation

Published December 23, 2022

Last update April 15, 2025

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CVSS base score

6.2/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the AIX pfcdd kernel extension to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 239170.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 23, 2022 CVE published

April 15, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43849 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

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