CVE-2022-37290
GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive.
02 Description
GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-11-14 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-01 13:34Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-08-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1f5141094ba13ab2fb16df5774f8f0b2f2bf33219b4bcc8dec5e1df64b9646ed
05 Affected products
06 References
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/tree/master
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/2376
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/1001
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-dbe1157188https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PX5CVF4FAHFA6UNKHFBBLOP2NUMIQJAY/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-f81ad89b81https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XYPDZ7LBBUVU3WFK7DCGDFGK2GXTKGT5/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nautilus Fixed in 43.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nautilus Fixed in 43.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nautilus Fixed in 43.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- caja No fix yet
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- caja No fix yet
- nautilus Fixed in 1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.6
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- caja No fix yet
- nautilus Fixed in 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.2
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- caja No fix yet
- nautilus Fixed in 1:42.2-0ubuntu2.1
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- caja No fix yet
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- caja No fix yet
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- caja No fix yet
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- caja No fix yet
- nemo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.