What is CVE-2022-48078?

CVE-2022-48078 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pycdc Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-48078?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Pycdc Project

CVE-2022-48078

pycdc commit 44a730f3a889503014fec94ae6e62d8401cb75e5 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the component ASTree.cpp:BuildFromCode.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pycdc Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/zrax/pycdc/issues/295 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48078?: CVE-2022-48078 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pycdc Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-48078?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.