VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-35649
The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to improper input validation when parsing PostScript code.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 8.48%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to improper input validation when parsing PostScript code. An omitted execution parameter results in a remote code execution risk for sites running GhostScript versions older than 9.50. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
- 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
- 8.48% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-20
- Affected
- moodle/moodle · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- patrick@puiterwijk.org
References
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-75044Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106273Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436456Vendor Advisory
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-75044Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2106273Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MOKYVRNFNAODP2XSMGJ5CRDUZCZKAR3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTKUSFPSYFINSQFSOHDQIDVE6FWBEU6V/
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=436456Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.