CVE-2022-1720

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 80.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-05-16 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 00:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-05-14

Assigning CNA

@huntrdev

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-126Buffer Over-readVariant
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ce7e2ae1d12411092108f23ceeae2afe89f1add34855f0b2d8126463e698723f

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