CVE-2022-29458

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

1.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 70.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (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:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-27.

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

2022-04-18 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-09 14:53Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-04-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

781e95a0a327c33c255ddd70d035b09de00a9ff8c3314ee982f1f5b6330de6f4

• lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html
• lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221029 [SECURITY] [DLA 3167-1] ncurses security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.htmlmailing-list
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41mailing-list
• seclists.org20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28mailing-list