What is CVE-2022-29973?

CVE-2022-29973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exfat Project, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-29973?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Exfat Project

CVE-2022-29973

relan exFAT 1.3.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (data from deleted files in the filesystem) in certain situations involving offsets beyond ValidDataLength.

Published 2022-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Exfat Project — versions 1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

github.com/relan/exfat/issues/185 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29973?: CVE-2022-29973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exfat Project, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-29973?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.