What is CVE-2022-34009?

CVE-2022-34009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fossil-Scm Fossil, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-34009?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

XSS in Fossil-Scm Fossil

CVE-2022-34009

Fossil 2.18 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an XSS payload in a ticket. This occurs because the ticket data is stored in a temporary file, and the product does not properly handle the absence of this file after Windows Defender has flagged it as malware.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Fossil-scm Fossil — versions 2.18
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34009?: CVE-2022-34009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fossil-Scm Fossil, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-34009?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.