What is CVE-2022-23937?

CVE-2022-23937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Windriver Vxworks, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-23937?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Windriver Vxworks

CVE-2022-23937

In Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7, a specific crafted packet may lead to an out-of-bounds read during an IKE initial exchange scenario.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Windriver Vxworks — versions 6.9, 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23937?: CVE-2022-23937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Windriver Vxworks, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-23937?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.