What is CVE-2022-42306?

CVE-2022-42306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-42306?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-42306

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An attacker with local access can send a crafted packet to pbx_exchange during registration and cause a NULL pointer exception, effectively crashing the pbx_exchange process.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42306?: CVE-2022-42306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-42306?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.