CVE-2022-39028

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

2.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 83.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

2022-08-30 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 11:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-08-30

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0eff46a51ffcb3abf786e916a7229c8df6adafed7b3dc8396ab1d75759feeb2b

• lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2022-08/msg00002.html
• pierrekim.github.iohttps://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2022-08-24-2-byte-dos-freebsd-netbsd-telnetd-netkit-telnetd-inetutils-telnetd-kerberos-telnetd.html
• git.hadrons.orghttps://git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/pkgs/inetutils.git/commit/?id=113da8021710d871c7dd72d2a4d5615d42d64289
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221125 [SECURITY] [DLA 3205-1] inetutils security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00033.htmlmailing-list