What is CVE-2022-21524?

CVE-2022-21524 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2022-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-21524?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris

CVE-2022-21524

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Filesystem). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via SMB to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Solaris as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Solaris accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Oracle Solaris — versions 11
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System — versions 11

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21524?: CVE-2022-21524 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2022-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-21524?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.