CVE-2022-23097
An issue was discovered in the DNS proxy in Connman through 1.40. forward_dns_reply mishandles a strnlen call, leading to an out-of-bounds read.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the DNS proxy in Connman through 1.40. forward_dns_reply mishandles a strnlen call, leading to an out-of-bounds read.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.37% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- intel/connman · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/log/Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-21Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5231Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/log/Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-21Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5231Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.