Vulnerability in Splunk

CVE-2022-37439

In Splunk Enterprise and Universal Forwarder versions in the following table, indexing a specially crafted ZIP file using the file monitoring input can result in a crash of the application. Attempts to restart the application would result in a crash and would require manually removing the malformed file.

EPSS: 0.002 (9.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37439?
CVE-2022-37439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-37439?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.