What is CVE-2022-40016?

CVE-2022-40016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Media-Server Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-40016?

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

Use After Free in Media-Server Project

CVE-2022-40016

Use After Free (UAF) vulnerability in ireader media-server before commit 3e0f63f1d3553f75c7d4eb32fa7c7a1976a9ff84 in librtmp, allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2023-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Media-Server Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

github.com/ireader/media-server/issues/235 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40016?: CVE-2022-40016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Media-Server Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-40016?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.