CVE-2022-38751

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

1.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 79.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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

Moderate. 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

2022-09-05 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-21 13:50Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-08-25

Assigning CNA

Google

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fbb907e7d34a53ed2b12895e56bd7f24de68185605f713847ed9b4547d9dd9fc

• bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47039
• bitbucket.orghttps://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/530/stackoverflow-oss-fuzz-47039
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221002 [SECURITY] [DLA 3132-1] snakeyaml security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28vendor-advisory
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/