CVE-2022-40320 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libconfuse

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read5 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
Libconfuse Project LibconfuseDebian LibconfuseFedoraproject Fedora+9 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 9
Latest updateSep 13

Description

cfg_tilde_expand in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages12 packages

▶debiandebian/libconfuse< libconfuse 3.3-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibconfuse_project/libconfuse< 3.3-2+deb11u1+3

Also affects: Fedora 35, 36, 37

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4f2q-2458-j6j8: cfg_tilde_expand in confuse↗2022-09-10
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OSV
CVE-2022-40320: cfg_tilde_expand in confuse↗2022-09-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Microsoft
cfg_tilde_expand in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read.↗2022-09-13
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Debian
CVE-2022-40320: libconfuse - cfg_tilde_expand in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.3 has a heap-based buffer over-rea...↗2022
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