CVE-2022-43597

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

1.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 77.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2022-12-23 23:03Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 13:25Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-10-21

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d6fcec6963501b525482288048fa95cdcf09473b30a0f8ae8247d046c7684c73

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1655
• www.debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5384
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33