CVE-2022-24051 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in Mariadb

CWE-134 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
MariadbDebian Mariadb-10.5Fedoraproject Fedora+2 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 18
Latest updateFeb 28

Description

MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MariaDB. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SQL queries. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it as a format specifier. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execut…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDmariadb/mariadb10.2.0 — 10.2.42+6
▶debiandebian/mariadb-10.5< mariadb-10.5 1:10.5.15-0+deb11u1 (bullseye)
▶CVEListV5mariadb/mariadb10.6.5

Also affects: Fedora 34, 35, 36

Patches

Patch: mariadb.com ↗Patch: mariadb.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8c8g-735r-wqqj: This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MariaDB↗2022-02-19
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OSV
CVE-2022-24051: MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability↗2022-02-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
MariaDB vulnerabilities↗2022-02-28
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Red Hat
mariadb: lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it as a format specifier↗2022-02-18
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Microsoft
MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MariaDB. Authentication i↗2022-02-08
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Debian
CVE-2022-24051: mariadb-10.5 - MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability....↗2022
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