What is CVE-2022-47069?

CVE-2022-47069 is a high-severity vulnerability in 7-Zip P7zip, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-47069?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-47069 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in 7-Zip P7zip

CVE-2022-47069

p7zip 16.02 was discovered to contain a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability via the function NArchive::NZip::CInArchive::FindCd(bool) at CPP/7zip/Archive/Zip/ZipIn.cpp. NOTE: the Supplier has found that this is not a buffer overflow; at most an out-of-bounds read can occur.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (22.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

7-zip P7zip — versions 16.02
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-47069?: CVE-2022-47069 is a high-severity vulnerability in 7-Zip P7zip, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-47069?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-47069 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.