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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-2526

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.32%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd. This issue occurs due to the on_stream_io() function and dns_stream_complete() function in 'resolved-dns-stream.c' not incrementing the reference counting for the DnsStream object. Therefore, other functions and callbacks called can dereference the DNSStream object, causing the use-after-free when the reference is still used later.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.32% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
systemd project/systemd · netapp/active iq unified manager · netapp/h300s firmware · netapp/h500s firmware · netapp/h700s firmware · netapp/h410s firmware
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.