What is CVE-2022-23088?

CVE-2022-23088 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-23088?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-23088 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Freebsd

CVE-2022-23088

The 802.11 beacon handling routine failed to validate the length of an IEEE 802.11s Mesh ID before copying it to a heap-allocated buffer. While a FreeBSD Wi-Fi client is in scanning mode (i.e., not associated with a SSID) a malicious beac…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.036 (88.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 13.1-RC1, 13.1, 12.3-RELEASE

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secteam@freebsd.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23088?: CVE-2022-23088 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-23088?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-23088 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.