What is CVE-2022-24298?

CVE-2022-24298 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeopcua, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-24298?

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

Is CVE-2022-24298 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Freeopcua

CVE-2022-24298

All versions of package freeopcua/freeopcua are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when bypassing the limitations for excessive memory consumption by sending multiple CloseSession requests with the deleteSubscription parameter equal to False.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Freeopcua
N/a Freeopcua/freeopcua — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

report@snyk.io (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
report@snyk.io (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24298?: CVE-2022-24298 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeopcua, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-24298?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-24298 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.