CVE-2022-42920

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

2.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2022-11-07 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 13:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-10-14

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fabf30a985ac3971ddbaebf98fa8a7914f8f4d60f5cb7a501b6a85fc5df59171

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/lfxk7q8qmnh5bt9jm6nmjlv5hsxjhrz4
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20221107 Re: CVE-2022-42920: Apache Commons BCEL prior to 6.6.0 allows producing arbitrary bytecode via out-of-bounds writinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/07/2mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-01a56f581chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LX3HEB4TV2BVCGDTK5BCLSYOZNQTOBN4/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-0e358addb8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMVX6COVXZVS5GPWDODIRW6Z2GE7RPAQ/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-f60a52e054https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QAMRHAKGIKZNHRBB4VLYTOIOIMMXCUCD/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202401-25https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-25vendor-advisory