What is CVE-2022-2301?

CVE-2022-2301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chafa Project, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-2301?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Chafa Project

CVE-2022-2301

Buffer Over-read in GitHub repository hpjansson/chafa prior to 1.10.3.

Published 2022-07-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Chafa Project
Hpjansson Hpjansson/chafa — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

huntr.dev/bounties/f6b9114b-671d-4948-b946-ffe5c9aeb816 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/hpjansson/chafa/commit/56fabfa18a6880b4cb66047fa6557920078048d9 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2301?: CVE-2022-2301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chafa Project, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-2301?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.