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CVE-2022-23089
Out of bound read in elf_note_prpsinfo()
Medium4.7EPSS 0.18%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- freebsd
Description
When dumping core and saving process information, proc_getargv() might return an sbuf which have a sbuf_len() of 0 or -1, which is not properly handled. An out-of-bound read can happen when user constructs a specially crafted ps_string, which in turn can cause the kernel to crash.
Timeline
ID reserved
By freebsd
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
References (2)
- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-22:09.elf.asc (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240415-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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