What is CVE-2022-23097?

CVE-2022-23097 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Intel Connman, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-23097?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Intel Connman

CVE-2022-23097

An issue was discovered in the DNS proxy in Connman through 1.40. forward_dns_reply mishandles a strnlen call, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Connman
Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/log/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/1 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00009.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5231 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-21 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23097?: CVE-2022-23097 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Intel Connman, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-23097?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.