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CVE-2022-21945
cscreen: usage of fixed path /tmp/cscreen.debug
Medium5.1EPSS 0.24%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- suse
Description
A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in cscreen of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause DoS for cscreen and a system DoS for non-default systems. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cscreen version 1.2-1.3 and prior versions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By suse
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| suseCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
References (1)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196446 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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