Buffer overflow in Bwoodsend Rockhopper
CVE-2022-4969
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in bwoodsend rockhopper up to 0.1.2. Affected by this issue is the function count_rows of the file rockhopper/src/ragged_array.c of the component Binary Parser. The manipulation of the argument raw leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. Upgrading to version 0.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 1a15fad5e06ae693eb9b8908363d2c8ef455104e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-266312.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (12.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bwoodsend Rockhopper — versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vuldb.com/ (technical-description, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required)
- github.com/bwoodsend/rockhopper/commit/1a15fad5e06ae693eb9b8908363d2c8ef455104e (patch)
- github.com/bwoodsend/rockhopper/releases/tag/v0.2.0 (patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4969?
- CVE-2022-4969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bwoodsend Rockhopper, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-05-27.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4969?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.