CVE-2022-45145
egg-compile.scm in CHICKEN 5.x before 5.3.1 allows arbitrary OS command execution during package installation via escape characters in a .egg file.
02 Description
egg-compile.scm in CHICKEN 5.x before 5.3.1 allows arbitrary OS command execution during package installation via escape characters in a .egg file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.9% 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
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-12-10 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-23 13:54Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-11-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 957ea366f389519870661684a3b544e0cdff1e860a3dc56b1ae6d842422931cd
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2022-11/msg00000.html
- code.call-cc.orghttps://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=egg-compile.scm%3Bh=9ba4568113350ec75204cba55e43e27925e2d6fe%3Bhp=c1f2ceb0fb470f63c2ba2a1cf9d8d40083c2359f%3Bhb=a08f8f548d772ef410c672ba33a27108d8d434f3%3Bhpb=9c6fb001c25de4390f46ffd7c3c94237f4df92a9
- code.call-cc.orghttps://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=NEWS%3Bh=54888afff09353093453673c407cabfe76a5ce77%3Bhp=a3fd88a892f82c8353267f50509d018bbb1934b9%3Bhb=670478435a982fc4d1f001ea08669f53d35a51cd%3Bhpb=a08f8f548d772ef410c672ba33a27108d8d434f3
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- chicken 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
- chicken 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
- chicken 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
- chicken 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
- chicken 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
- chicken 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
- chicken 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
- chicken 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.