What is CVE-2022-23098?

CVE-2022-23098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Connman, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-23098?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Connman

CVE-2022-23098

An issue was discovered in the DNS proxy in Connman through 1.40. The TCP server reply implementation has an infinite loop if no data is received.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Connman
Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

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-2022-23098?: CVE-2022-23098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Connman, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-23098?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.