Out-of-bounds Read in Frrouting

CVE-2022-43681

An out-of-bounds read exists in the BGP daemon of FRRouting FRR through 8.4. When sending a malformed BGP OPEN message that ends with the option length octet (or the option length word, in case of an extended OPEN message), the FRR code reads of out of the bounds of the packet, throwing a SIGABRT signal and exiting. This results in a bgpd daemon restart, causing a Denial-of-Service condition.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43681?
CVE-2022-43681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frrouting, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-43681?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-43681 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.