VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-40320
cfg_tilde_expand in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 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
cfg_tilde_expand in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- libconfuse project/libconfuse · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/libconfuse/libconfuse/issues/163Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BSAZK4KAWRWNAFUBBXOYU3PVNH3X7226/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EDUT2V62V2XF2IT5TJFPB6P3EQ6X5VLL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FJKHAPJ6AUWVP4HDGKH4M5A2XXWQI73O/
- https://github.com/libconfuse/libconfuse/issues/163Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BSAZK4KAWRWNAFUBBXOYU3PVNH3X7226/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EDUT2V62V2XF2IT5TJFPB6P3EQ6X5VLL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FJKHAPJ6AUWVP4HDGKH4M5A2XXWQI73O/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.