What is CVE-2022-23093?

CVE-2022-23093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-23093?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-23093 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Freebsd

CVE-2022-23093

ping reads raw IP packets from the network to process responses in the pr_pack() function. As part of processing a response ping has to reconstruct the IP header, the ICMP header and if present a "quoted packet," which represents the pack…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.024 (81.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 13.1, 12.3-RELEASE, 12.4-RC2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23093?: CVE-2022-23093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-23093?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-23093 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.