What is CVE-2022-44940?

CVE-2022-44940 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patchelf Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-44940?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Patchelf Project

CVE-2022-44940

Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at src/patchelf.cc.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (61.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Patchelf_project Patchelf — versions 0.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44940?: CVE-2022-44940 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Patchelf Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-44940?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.