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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-47990
IBM AIX denial of service
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
AIX
Vulnerable Versions:
7.1, 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 18th, 2023
Last Modified:
April 3rd, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H