CVE-2022-23946

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 77.2% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2022-02-04 22:28Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 19:11Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-01-25

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f0a7a0f999a1317836ad42ec61ad6706eb2f3c6112a94aa6c73b6b64422cb513

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-78b18981a6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220510 [SECURITY] [DLA 2998-1] kicad security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220820 [SECURITY] [DLA 3078-1] kicad security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-5214https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN