Vulnerability in Apple macOS
CVE-2022-28882
A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure & WithSecure products whereby the aegen.dll will go into an infinite loop when unpacking PE files. This eventually leads to scanning engine crash. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Apple macOS
- F-Secure Atlant
- F-Secure Cloud Protection For Salesforce
- F-Secure Elements Collaboration Protection
- F-Secure Elements Endpoint Protection
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper
- F-Secure Linux Security
- F-Secure Linux Security 64
- F-Secure And Withsecure All Endpoint Protection Products For Windows & Mac Linux Security (32-Bit) (64-Bit) Atlant Internet Gatekeeper Cloud Salesforce Collaboration — versions All Version
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-advisories (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-28882?
- CVE-2022-28882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-08-23.
- How severe is CVE-2022-28882?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-28882 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.